Nabi roped in as net bowler ahead of Afghanistan Test

Auqib Nabi has joined the Indian squad successful New Chandigarh arsenic a nett bowler to assistance Shubman Gill & Co. successful their preparations for the one-off Test against Afghanistan opening connected Saturday.

The different nett bowlers with the squad are Gurjapneet Singh, Prince Yadav, Saransh Jain, Zeeshan Ansari and Shivang Kumar.

While Nabi, Gurjapneet and Prince are pacers with promise, Saransh, Zeeshan and Shivang are among the emerging harvest of spinners.

India had its archetypal grooming league astatine the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium successful New Chandigarh connected Tuesday. Former India leggie Sairaj Bahutule has joined the squad arsenic spin-bowling coach.

Nabi has had a stellar tally for Jammu & Kashmir successful the Ranji Trophy implicit the past mates of seasons, and was wide considered to beryllium unfortunate not to beryllium picked successful the 15-member squad for the upcoming Test. After taking 44 wickets successful the 2024-25 season, the plaything bowler from Baramulla raised his crippled further to extremity with a chart-topping 60 scalps successful a victorious 2025-26 campaign.

Uncapped pacer Gurnoor Brar has been included up of Nabi. Left-arm spinners Manav Suthar and Harsh Dubey besides diagnostic successful the Test squad for the archetypal time.