Xtra Time Web Desk: Team India’s middle order batsman Hanuma Vihari is all set for a county stint with Warwickshire in a bid to prepare himself well for the upcoming series against England later this year. The right-handed middle-order batsman has left for UK and will be a part of the Birmingham based county side for at least three games this season.
“Yes, Vihari will be playing in the English county side for Warwickshire this season. He would play a few games. He is already in England now,” a senior BCCI official confirmed the development to PTI on Tuesday.
The Warwickshire county’s official page hasn’t made the announcement yet but as per BCCI officials, the modalities are being worked out. But it is learnt Vihari will play three games for the county side.
According to a report in ESPN Cricinfo, Vihari is coming in place of South African batsman Pieter Malan, who is currently facing visa related problems as South Africa has been marked in “red zone” by the UK authorities with respect to global COVID-19 situation.
The 27-year-old has scored 624 runs in 12 Tests for India at an average of 32 plus. He has hit a hundred and four half centuries.
It is worth pointing that the talented middle order batsman missed the cut in the IPL 2021 season as none of the franchises showed interest in buying him. Vihari last played in the IPL back in 2019 for Delhi Capitals and since then has gone unsold at the successive auctions after being billed as a Test specialist.