Patel to replace Jadeja for 3rd Test

Spinner and batsman Axar Patel will supplant suspended Ravindra Jadeja in India's squad for the third and last Test against Sri Lanka, the group said on Wednesday.

Patel, 23, has played 30 one-day internationals and is currently in line for his introduction Test on the off chance that he is picked for the match in Pallekele, beginning Saturday.

Jadeja, the world's best Test bowler, was slapped with a one-Test boycott for an unsafe toss amid his match-winning execution in the second Test in Colombo.

He was likewise docked a large portion of his match expense by the Universal Cricket Board over the episode, which was his second transgression inside a two-year time span.

The Virat Kohli-drove India are looking at an arrangement clear subsequent to taking an unassailable 2-0 lead when they finished an innings win in Colombo on Sunday.