New Delhi, June 5 -- India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate today provided an encouraging update on pacer Mohammed Siraj's fitness ahead of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, while also revealing that the team management is still weighing its spin-bowling combination for the match starting in New Chandigarh on Saturday.
India have had only a five-day gap between the end of IPL 2026 and the Test, and the team management is still finalising its bowling combination, particularly the spin department in the absence of the rested Ravindra Jadeja.
"Siraj bowled yesterday, he looked absolutely fine. It's been great having some fresh faces around. Look, I think the chance of both of them playing in the test are probably pretty small. We haven...