The one player who has garnered a lot of limelight in recent times is the veteran Indian seamer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. His absence from the Test format has been hurting India as the team lacking a genuine swing bowler. The WTC final resulting in India’s loss also reflected the lack of swing from the pace department.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has not played the Test match for the last three years. The previous Test match which he played was against South Africa on 24th January 2018. Since then, his fitness concerns have barred him from playing Test cricket.  There were talks about him being sent as the replacement to the UK for the England series.

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However, the recent reports of the TOI read: “The board had a discussion with Bhuvneshwar. It has been decided that he won’t be pushed to play Test cricket before the T20 World Cup. He has to first play three-four First-Class games. He hasn’t played the longer format for over three years. There’s a chance of him breaking down if he suddenly resumes playing Test cricket.”

The reports further went on to continue that the decision might take place in December. Bhuvi’s future in the longest format of the game might be decided before the South Africa series.

Not Bhuvneshwar Kumar but BCCI has reportedly decided to send a couple of players as a replacement to the UK. As per reports, the Board of Control for Cricket in India decided to send Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav as replacements in England series.

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Shubman Gill, Avesh Khan, and Washington Sundar are the three players who have suffered injuries and been ruled out of the series. India didn’t ask for the replacement of Avesh Khan as the side already has so many pacers.