Suryakumar, Shaw to fly England as replacements
Subramaniam ThiluxanDesk Reporter
Posted - 2021-07-26T17:13:43+06:00
Updated - 2021-07-26T17:13:43+06:00
The right-handed batsmen Suryakumar Yadav and Prithvi Shaw are set to fly England as replacements for the injured players there.
The five-match Test series between India and England will start on August 4th and the visitors are in their preparations for the series. Even before the start of the series, injuries have hit the Indian camp as three players have been ruled out so far.
The right-handed batsman Shubman Gill was ruled out of the tour even before the warmup game against select County XI. Gill got a strain on his left lower leg and with the scan results, he has been ruled out of the tour. The batsman has already returned home.
On the other hand, Washington Sundar and Avesh Khan who played for the County XI in the warmup game, have been ruled out with finger injuries. Avesh Khan suffered a blow to his left thumb on day one of the game while Washington Sundar got hit off Mohammed Siraj's bowling in his bowling hand.
Apart from these three confirmed injuries, the vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane is having a swollen hamstring at the moment and due to that, he wasn't able to take part in the warm-up game. However, he is expected to be fit by the first Test.
Abhimanyu Easwaran who is England as a reserve player added to the squad after the injury issues. Along with him, Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav have been added to the Test squad. Currently, both of them are in Sri Lanka with two more T20Is left to be played. It is unknown whether they will fly to England immediately or right after the end of the T20I series.
India’s squad: Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav