Meet Team India's Surprise Pick: Saransh Jain
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Home » Cricket » Who Is Saransh Jain? Meet Team India's Surprise Pick Who Is Saransh Jain? Meet Team India's Surprise Pick By REDIFF CRICKET Updated: July 28, 2026 10:56 IST 3 Minutes Read Summarize this --> Listen to this article Share this Article x Madhya Pradesh's 33-year-old off-spinner Saransh Jain has collected a surprise call-up to India's Test squad for the soon-to-release series in Sri Lanka after his impressive all-round displays for India A.
Adding to this, Madhya Pradesh's off-spinner Saransh Jain was the lone surprise pick in India's 15-member squad for the soon-to-release two-Test series in Sri Lanka next month. The 33-year-old off-spinner was drafted into the Test squad as a replacement for the injured Washington Sundar.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh's Jain came into the reckoning after his impressive all-round performances for India A in Sri Lanka earlier this month. In the second match against Sri Lanka A in Galle, the off-spinner bagged six wickets in the two innings, while scoring a handy 70 not out at No 7 to play a key role in India A's 10-wicket victory.
Notably, Jain, who bowls off-spin and bats left-handed, was preferred over Harsh Dubey with India already boasting of three left-arm spinners in the 15-member squad in Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Manav Suthar.
As per the latest buzz, The spinner was rewarded for his consistent performances for Madhya Pradesh in Ranji Trophy. He has claimed 78 wickets in 22 games in the last three seasons of Ranji Trophy.
In further updates, He has also excelled with the bat for Madhya Pradesh. In the Ranji Trophy last season, he was MP's highest run-getter with 518 runs in seven games at an average of 57.55, with a century and three fifties, while in the 2023-24 season he amassed 432 runs in eight games with a century and a fifty.
On top of that, In the 2025-26 Duleep Trophy, playing for Central Zone, Jain was the highest wicket-taker with 16 wickets from two games, while scoring fifties in the semi-final against West Zone and in the final against South Zone in Bengaluru in September last year.
Overall, he has played 54 first class games in which he has taken 188 wickets at an average of 27.30, while scoring 2223 runs with two centuries and 14 fifties. He was also part of a specialised training camp for emerging off-spinners under Harbhajan Singh at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru in March.
Source: Rediff