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Uncapped Alzarri Joseph called up for 2nd Test vs India

"There is this young kid Alzarri Joseph who in the last two Caribbean Premier League games pinged the helmet of no less a batsman than AB de Villers and another top batsman and although he may be contracted to play for his franchise team the West Indies Board can surely get him released to play in the Test matches to follow," wrote Sunil Gavaskar in his column, 'How the wheel has turned! Rope in Alzarri Joseph'.

Four days later, West Indies have added the 19-year-old fast bowler from Antigua to their squad for the second Test against India.

The second Test starts in Jamaica on Saturday.

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The inclusion of Joseph gives West Indies a genuine pace option that was lacking in their crushing innings loss to India in the opening Test.

With his pace Joseph can be an ideal partner to Shannon Gabriel, who was impressive in patches in the first Test.

Though he has limited experience at the senior level having played only 12 matches including eight first-class games, Joseph, who was part of the winning Under-19 World Cup team in February, has impressed by taking 24 wickets at an average of 24.45 with two five-wicket hauls.

Joseph was also the joint third-highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 13 wickets at an average of 13.76 when he also bowled his fastest ball, clocked at 143kph. 



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