BCCI announce Deepak Chahar and Krunal Pandya as replacements for Jasprit Bumrah and Washington Sundar
Deepak Chahar and Krunal Pandya have been named as replacements for the injured duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Washington Sundar for the T20I series against England. While Bumrah has a fracture on his left thumb, Sundar has been sidelined due to an injury to his left ankle.
Jasprit Bumrah fractured his finger during the second T20I against Ireland and wasĀ notĀ selected in theĀ Playing XI for theĀ second IrelandĀ T20I. WhileĀ it appearedĀ hisĀ absence of due to the fact that theĀ management would have wanted to handĀ caps toĀ fringe players, it was later revealed thatĀ theĀ pacer hadĀ picked up an injury. TheĀ death over specialist will be replaced in the squad byĀ Deepak Chahar who has a part of theĀ CSK side that won the IPL this year.
"The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Krunal Pandya as Washington Sundarās replacement in Indiaās T20I side and Axar Patel in the ODI side for the upcoming limited-overs series against England," a BCCI press release read.
"Jasprit Bumrah has a fractured left thumb and has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I series against England. Bumrah suffered the injury during Indiaās first T20I against Ireland. The selectors have named Deepak Chahar as his replacement in the T20I side."
But that was not the extent of the damage as Washington Sundar who had been exceptional in the Nidahas Trophy, picking up the man of the series award, was also ruled out due to an ankle injury. His replacement, Krunal Pandya, has been rewarded for his consistent performances in the IPL for Mumbai Indians over the last two seasons.Ā
"Sundar suffered an injury to his right ankle during Indian teamās training session at the Malahide Cricket Club, Dublin on June 26, 2018. He subsequently underwent scans and was seen by a specialist. The BCCI Medical Team will continue to monitor his progress," the press release added.
The T20I leg of India's tour of England begins on July 3 at Manchester. They travel to Cardiff for the second T20I three days later and the final T20I would be on July 8 at Bristol. The ODI series against England, which consists of three matches, would begin at Nottingham on July 12. Lord's and Leeds have been slated as the venues for the second and third ODI. Axar Patel has been included in the squad in place of injured Washington Sundar for the ODI leg of the tour to England.Ā
There was also an update provided for the India A team with Rishabh Pant getting a call up to the four-day team as well.
"The selectors have also added Rishabh Pant to India A squad for the four-day matches. Currently a member of the India Aās squad for the one-day games, Pant will continue to be with the side for the longer format too."
Indiaās squad for T2OIs against England: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav
India A squad for four-day matches: Karun Nair (Captain), R Samarth, Mayank Agarwal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Ankit Bawne, Vijay Shankar, KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Jayant Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ankit Rajpoot, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Rajneesh Gurbani, Rishabh Pant
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