Mohammed Siraj and Hanuma Vihari will join their respective sides in the Vijay Hazare Trophy knockout stages. BCCI has released Siraj and Vihari from the Indian Test team that is playing West Indies in the second Test in Hyderabad. 

Vihari's Andhra will take on Siraj's Hyderabad in the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinal match on Monday at Just Crickey Academy ground in Bengaluru.

Out of the four substitutes for the second Test which includes the likes of Mayank Agarwal and Mohammed Shami, only Siraj and Vihari's teams have made it to the quarters. BCCI have called up limited-overs specialist Manish Pandey and Punjab batsman Shubman Gill to join the Indian squad in Hyderabad as replacements.

"Mohammed Siraj & Hanuma Vihari have been released from the Test squad to play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Knockouts. Manish Pandey and Shubman Gill have been drafted into the side as substitutes," a BCCI statement read.

Update: Mohammed Siraj & Hanuma Vihari have been released from the Test squad to play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Knockouts. Manish Pandey and Shubman Gill have been drafted into the side as substitutes.

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 14, 2018

The quarterfinals for the Vijay Hazare Trophy started on Sunday with Mumbai taking on Bihar at M Chinnaswamy Stadium and Delhi facing Haryana at the Just Crickey Academy ground in Bengaluru.