India, Aug. 31 -- One Indian player after another is heading to the United Kingdom to play the county championship, which is in its last phase. Former India batsman Mayank Agarwal is the latest player as he joins Ben Stokes' Durham for the remainder of the season. Durham have four more games to play: against Northamptonshire (from September 02-05), against Middlesex (from September 8-11), against Worcestershire (from September 15-18) and finally against Lancashire (from September 24-27).

"We are delighted to have Mayank joining us for our County Championship run-in," Ryan Campbell, Durham's head coach, said.

"With David Bedingham returning to South Africa ahead of their international red-ball summer, it was important we acted by recruit...