FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Sri Lanka v India - India Team's Practice Session - Colombo, Sri Lanka - August 30, 2017 - India's Axar Patel catches a ball ahead of their fourth One Day International match against Sri Lanka. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
(Reuters) - India's bid to level its four-test series against England received a boost after spin all-rounder Axar Patel was declared fit for the second match which begins in Chennai on Saturday.
With Ravindra Jadeja nursing a thumb injury sustained in Australia, fellow left-arm spinner Patel had been expected to make his test debut in the opening match that England won by 227 runs.
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