Shardul Thakur made his test debut in the second test match against at Hyderabad. He suffered a groin injury and went off the field just bowling 10 balls. He has ruled out the match but batted with Ravichandran Ashwin for 10th wicket adding 28 runs.
Shardul Thakur suffered a right adductor tendon injury. Umesh Yadav who was superb in the 2nd test match against West Indies taking 10 wickets in the match came to the occasion and dismantled West Indies batting line up with reverse swing abilities.
Umesh Yadav has been named as a replacement for the injured Shardul Thakur. The first two One day internationals to be played against West Indies will be played on 21st October at Guwahati and 2nd One day international on 24th October at Vizag.
Shardul Thakur has played so far 5 One day internationals and 7 T20I matches for team India. He has taken 6 wickets from 5 ODI matches and then 8 wickets from T20I matches. Umesh Yadav is one the fastest Indian bowlers who can change the course of the match with his speed and swing. Umesh got to play 1 test match in the five-match test series against England.
Umesh Yadav made a comeback into the One-day international squad against England with an impressive performance in IPL 2018 edition for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He was dropped from the Asia Cup side and then did not find the place in first two One day internationals against West Indies.
It is a good news for Umesh Yadav who has been performing well for India. In the first two, One day international against West Indies, Khaleel Ahmed and Mohammad Shami will be two pace bowlers. Umesh Yadav and Mohammad Shami are expected to lead the new ball replacing Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah.
Umesh Yadav has played so far 73 One day international matches for team India. He has taken 105 wickets with an economy of 5.97 runs per over.