MIRPUR: Left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat on Thursday created a rare record as he became the first Indian cricketer to miss the most number of Test matches in the history of the game.
The 31-year-old was named in India XI for the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka.
Unadkat, who made his debut in 2010, is today playing only the second Test of his career.
He replaced wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who returned with match-winning figures of 8/113 in India’s 188-run win in the opening game in Chattogram.
Unadkat made his Test debut against South Africa at Centurion on December 16, 2020, 12 years and two days ago. In between, he missed 118 Test matches, the highest by an Indian and second highest in world cricket.
Only England’s Gareth Batty (142) has missed more matches than Unadkat in the history of Test cricket.
Unadkat dismissed Zakir Hasan for his maiden Test wicket in the morning session on Day 1.
(With PTI inputs)