Ishan Kishan has signed for Nottinghamshire on a short-term deal to play two County Championship fixtures this year.
He will replace Kyle Verreynne, who will be away on national duty as South Africa travel to Zimbabwe for a two-Test series later this month.
The wicketkeeper-batter has 3447 First-Class runs in 58 games, including 17 half-centuries and eight hundreds. He also has 118 catches and 11 stumpings to his name.
Head Coach Peter Moores added: “We’re all very pleased to have secured the services of Ishan for these next two Championship fixtures while Kyle is away with South Africa.
“He brings proven quality in his ball-striking, as a hard-hitting middle-order batter, but while he’s still developing his red-ball game, this spell will be really beneficial for him, and for us.”
The 26-year-old will join a handful of other Indian players in the Championship — Tilak Varma signed a short-term deal with Hampshire, Ruturaj Gaikwad will join Yorkshire for the second half of the summer, while Yuzvendra Chahal is set to return to Northamptonshire later this month.
Kishan will be eligible for selection against Yorkshire at Trent Bridge on June 22 and Somerset in Taunton on June 29. With four wins in seven games, Nottinghamshire currently sit on top of Divison One of the County Championship.