India, Aug. 4 -- The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) has named Jammu and Kashmir fast bowler Auqib Nabi as the direct replacement for injured pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah in the Indian national cricket team's Test squad for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka starting August 15 in Galle. The 29-year-old has earned his maiden senior national call-up following Bumrah's failure to recover from a left knee injury sustained during the ODI series against England. With captain Shubman Gill leading a revamped Indian squad, the selection committee chose Auqib Nabi to bolster the pace bowling attack alongside Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna.

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