How a note from father, who couldn’t speak, guided Saransh Jain to India call-up

5 min readUpdated: Jul 28, 2026 07:40 PM IST Saransh has gone through a relentless grind over the last decade to emerge as an old-school success story. (PTI Photo)Only weeks after he put on the Ranji Trophy whites for Madhya Pradesh for the first time in the winter of 2014, Saransh Jain’s cricket career took on a new purpose. On Tuesday, the goal attained fulfilment — a maiden India Test call-up realising his ailing father’s dream. Subodh Jain could not talk to his son when he returned from a tour to Australia with an Indore club shortly after his First-Class debut 12 years ago. A former MP Ranji Trophy off-spinner himself, Subodh was diagnosed with mouth cancer.He had taught Saransh the craft. Now he found another way to lend him the spark to guide him through the unforgiving, often bruta