IND vs Eng 1st Test Who is Indian Origin Yash Vagadia Fielding for England Cricket Team Captain Ben Stokes

Ind vs eng 1st test: The first Test is being played between India and England in the Headingley Cricket Ground. An interesting view was seen on the third day of the Test on Sunday when Yash Wagadia, an Indian -origin player, fielding for England. He was fielding at the place of Ben Stokes, while Vagadia was not even part of the squad of the English team. Let us tell you who this player is.

On the third day, England carried forward their first innings. The first wicket of the day fell as Oli Pope (106). After this Harry Brook played a brilliant innings, but he remained just 1 run away from his century. He was dismissed by the famous Krishna on 99. Although he had got 2 lives before that, he got his catch from Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal left his catch in a slip.

England’s first innings was reduced to 465 runs and India took a 6 -run lead on the basis of first innings. After this, India started its second innings, the first wicket as Yashasvi (16) fell on the score of 16. During the fielding, England captain Ben Stokes went out, then Yash Wagadia came to field in his place, which was noticed by everyone because he was not even part of the team.

Who is cricketer Yash Vagadia?

Born on 7 May 2004, Yash Vagadia plays for the Yorkshire County Cricket Club in England. He was also born in England, he is originally from Gujarat but he has a British passport. Yash is a right -handed batsman and also bowl off -spin. He has been the captain of the Yorkshire Club’s U-18 team, he has played 2 first class matches and is a emerging stars of England. Let me tell you that for the first time he is fielding in international matches, he has done so before. However, he has not yet made his international debut.

Why fielding for Ben Stokes

Yash Wagadia fielded him on the third day when Ben Stokes was fielding, although it is common in England. Some cricketers of the county club are included in the team as a substitute. Then whether it is part of the team or not. Yash is one of them.

We see you, yash 😍

Quality to see our own yash vagadia out in the field during today’s action 👏#ENGVIND pic.twitter.com/gnangpi49j

– Yorkshire CCC (@YorkshireccC) June 22, 2025

India leads 96 runs

Today KL Rahul (47) and Shubman Gill (6) will start the Indian innings. By the end of the third day’s play, India has scored 90 runs after losing 2 wickets (Jaiswal and Sudarshan). Team India currently has a lead of 96 runs.