Hanuma Vihari
Hanuma Vihari (Credits - BCCI)

Finally, all those big tallies in the domestic cricket earned a place for Hanuma Vihari in the Indian Team. He received his debut cap on Friday (September 7) at The Kennington Oval, London in the fifth Test of the England vs India 2018 series.

However, the flamboyant middle-order right-handed batsman has been terrific for his state in the Ranji Trophy and then smashed mammoth tallies while playing for India A. However, all the hard work paid for him to earn his maiden Test cap as well.

Hanuma Vihari replaced Hardik Pandya:

After the repeated failures with the bat, Virat Kohli-led side dropped Hardik Pandya for the fifth. Moreover, Ravichandran Ashwin, who is having the fitness concern was also left out for the final test of the series.

Hanuma Vihari, England vs India 2018
Hanuma Vihari has been entirely consistent in the domestic circuit and for India A. (Image Courtesy: Getty)

Also, the left-handed all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja replaced Ashwin while Vihari replaced Pandya in the team. Apart from the both, India retained the remaining nine players who played at Ageas Bowl in Southampton.

Kohli once again lost the toss in the series. The toss-winning Joe Root asked Kohli-led side to roll their arms first. As per Sanjay Manjrekar, the pitch looked more like a Wankhede wicket assisting fast bowlers for the first hour of play.

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Coming to Vihari, he has been the leading run-scorer in the Ranji Season for 2017-18. He is a force to reckon in the domestic cricket as he always displayed magical knocks to his name in the domestic circuit.

However, it is the rightly-earned debut for the Andhra youngster who is waiting on the sidelines for a long time.

Also, he becomes the 292nd player for India to debut in Tests. But the previous player to make the debut appearance was Rishabh Pant.

England Vs India 2018: Here are the best tweets regarding the debut of Hanuma Vihari:

https://twitter.com/imsgshinde/status/1037992495831896065

https://twitter.com/akstrehan55/status/1038006162103234561

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