Arzan Nagwaswalla has been picked as a reserve player in the Indian Test squad named for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand in Southampton.
He is a 23-year-old left-arm seamer from Gujarat.
Arzan Rohinton Nagwaswalla is hailing from a Parsi community in a village near the Maharashtra border.
He becomes the first Parsi cricketer to break into the national team since 1975.