Team India have announced Prince Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi as replacements for pace bowler Harshit Rana and veteran spinner Varun Chakaravarthy in the ODI and T20I squads, respectively. However, India will play an ODI series against England, followed by a T20I tour of Zimbabwe as well.
However, Harshit Rana felt discomfort in his right hamstring during the third T20I against England. Scans also confirmed a Grade 1 injury, ruling him out of the upcoming ODI series against England. He will now report to the BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE) for further assessment and management as well.
Chakaravarthy, meanwhile, suffered a similar issue in the same game as well, reporting discomfort in his left hamstring as well. An MRI scan then confirmed a Grade 2 injury, and on specialist medical advice he has been ruled out of the T20I series against Zimbabwe too. He too will report to the BCCI COE for further management as well.
However, Prince Yadav has been included in both squads, while Ravi Bishnoi joined as a replacement in the T20I set-up. Notably, India have lost a five-match series to England 4-0 after facing a series loss against Ireland.
Meanwhile, India changed captaincy after securing their second successive ICC Men’s T20 World Cup crown, with Shreyas Iyer taking over from Suryakumar Yadav as the captain of the T20I team as well.
India’s squad for the ODI series against England:
Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vc), KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav
India’s squad for the T20I series against Zimbabwe:
Shreyas Iyer (c), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma (vc), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Rinku Singh, Harsh Dubey, Prince Yadav, Yash Thakur, Ashok Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Ravi Bishnoi
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