BCCI has announced the replacement of injured pacer Jasprit Bumrah and off-spinner Washington Sundar for the upcoming series in England.
The 24-year-old right-arm pacer Bumrah has been ruled out from the upcoming three-match T20I series in England due to the fractured left thumb while the 18-year-old off-spinner Sundar will miss the entire limited-overs series in England (three-match T20I and three-match ODI) due to an ankle injury.
Bumrah has been replaced by the pacer Deepak Chahar while all-rounder Krunal Pandya has replaced Sundar in T20I and all-rounder Axar Patel has replaced Sundar in ODI. Though Bumrah is still doubtful for the ODI series, he has not been replaced yet.
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Both the 25-year-old Deepak Chahar and 27-year-old Krunal Pandya have earned their maiden international call-up while 24-year-old Axar Patel has played his last ODI in last October.
Coming to the injured players, pacer Jasprit Bumrah got an injury on his left thumb during the first T20I of the two-match T20I series against the hosts Ireland on Wednesday (June 27). While he tried to stop a ball on his run-up, it hit badly on his non-bowling hand. Bowling his full-over quota in that game, Bumrah had a bowling figure of 4-1-19-2.
While he missed the second game, Bumrah had a scan on his injured hand which confirmed the fracture news.
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On the other hand, Sundar got an injury prior to the first T20I in Ireland series. A day before the first T20I, Sundar suffered a right-ankle injury when he was playing the football during the practice session. It hurt him hugely to miss the two-match T20I series in Ireland before missing out the next three T20I matches in England.
Updated Indian limited-overs squads for the English tour
T20I squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (WK), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav. Deepak Chahar.
ODI squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(WK), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav
