The English opener, Jason Roy has been ruled out of the rest of England’s T20 World Cup 2021 campaign due to an injury in his left calf. He has been replaced in the squad by James Vince, who was one of two remaining traveling reserves along with Liam Dawson and approved by the ICC’s Event Technical Committee.

Roy suffered the injury during England’s last league match against South Africa, first holding the muscle while fielding before pulling up lame while running a single in the fifth over of their chase. He retired hurt on 20 off 15 balls and limped off the field with support from a physio and Tom Curran, one of England’s substitute fielders.

Scans on Sunday confirmed the tear and it became clear that Jason Roy would be unable to recover in time to play a part in the knockout stages.

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Talking about the same, Jason Roy said, “I’m gutted to be ruled out of the World Cup. I will be staying on to support the boys and hopefully we can go all the way and lift that trophy. It has been an unbelievable journey so far and we have to continue expressing ourselves and concentrating on us. The rehab has already started and even though I’ve torn my calf, I’m going to give myself the best chance of being ready for the T20 tour of the Caribbean at the start of next year.”

England could replace Roy with Vince in a like-for-like swap but appear more likely to bring Sam Billings – an unused squad member – into their middle order, promoting either Jonny Bairstow or Dawid Malan to open.

Talking about the injuries in the team, skipper Eoin Morgan said, “He’s a guy who epitomises everything that we are about in the changing room and the way we play,” Morgan said. “You see how commanding he is at the top of the order… he’s as close as we get to surmising how the changing room should play. We’re gutted for Jase but also half-hoping that he’s OK.”

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He firther added, ” For anyone to miss the latter stages of a tournament – particularly when it’s been too guys in two games – that does hurt the mood [in the dressing room]. You got through the names that either aren’t here through injury or other reasons: Archer, Stokes, Sam Curran, Tymal… You look back at the times that you’ve really explored and tried to build a squad, and I’m sitting here thankful that we have done that because we’re going to need those guys in the next game and possibly in the final.”