Parthiv Patel has been brought in as replacement for the injured Wriddhiman Saha for the third Test of the India-England series. Saha strained his left thigh during the second Test against England in Visakhapatnam, and will not play the third Test to avoid aggravating the injury.

Parthiv, who last played Test cricket in August 2008, also had a fine start to the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy with the bat for Gujarat. He scored 415 runs in his first eight innings at 59.28, with three fifties and a hundred. The century came in the previous round of games, in Gujarat's second innings against Madhya Pradesh, and was a brisk, unbeaten knock: 139 not out off 170 balls.

Patel has an experience of 20 Tests under his belt with 683 runs to his name at an average of 29.69.

Source: ESPNCricinfo