A day after their embarrassing defeat to hosts South Africa in the first Test, India called up right-arm fast bowler Avesh Khan on Friday, December 29, 2023, in a bid to bolster their pace attack for the second and final Test at Cape Town.
India lost the opening Test by an innings and 32 runs here on Thursday, the match ending in three days.
The right-arm fast bowler was named as a replacement for Mohammed Shami, who was ruled out of the two Tests as he did not get the necessary clearance from the BCCI medical team.