Spinner Axar Patel has been called up to the Indian Test squad for the 3rd Test against Sri Lanka. 

He has been brought in as a replacement for the suspended Ravindra Jadeja. 

Jadeja was suspended for 1 Test match after the 2nd match due to disciplinary issues. 

He threw the ball at batsman Malinda Pushpakumara "in a dangerous manner" according to the on-field umpires.  

He was given three demerit points, taking his total to six demerit points inside a 24-month period which triggered a one-Test suspension. 

Axar Patel has played ODIs and T20s for India previously but is yet to debut in Tests. 

India have already won the 3-match series 2-0. 

India squad:  

Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhinav Mukund

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