LONDON: The opening of Prithvi Shaw and Batsman Batsman Suryakumar Yadav has been added to the Indian Test Team for the five matches against England starting August 4 as a substitute for the victim of Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar.
The Bengal Opener Abhimanyu Easwaran, the alert has been added to the main troops with Alert Pacer Avesh Khan will also return home with a broken left thumb.
Gill came out with Shin Splints while Sundar suffered an injury to his right bowling finger.
“The Senior Selection Committee of the All-India has named Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav as a replacement,” said Secretary BCCI Jay Shah in the media release.
“The Washington Sundar all-rounder has taken an injection on the bowling finger.
However, the recovery will take longer than expected and he is not bowling-fit.
He was ruled out from the rest of the tour,” it declares further.
, Both Avesh and Washington suffered their injury while turning to County XI in first-class heating games against their own team.
This was done after several players in the home team were ruled out both due to injury or due to Covid-19 isolation.
“Quick Bowler Avesh Khan experienced a blow on his left thumb on the 1st day of the heating game.
He was taken for X-rays and the results confirmed a fracture.
A specialist consulted for further management of his injury.
He ruled out India’s tour in England,” said BCCI.
Surya has been among the roads and received a series award player in the ODI series which was recently concluded against Sri Lanka, who won 2-1 visitors in Colombo.
The aggressive right hand batsman also scored fifty blisters in the first T20 against Sri Lanka on Sunday night and had an average grade of 44 with 14 hundreds to Mumbai and West Zone.
The Board also told that the goalkeeper Batsman Rishabh Pant, who was tested positive for Covid, “has recovered from Covid-19 with two negative RT-PCR tests.
He (pants) has started preparation for the coming test series from the BCCI medical team, “The statement said.
BCCI also stated that Bowling Bharat Arun coach, Batsman Wriddhiman Saha and Easwaran goalkeeper had completed theirselves in London and had joined the Indian team in Durham.
There was a report that Off-Spinner Jayant Yadav should also go to England instead of Washington but was studied that he would not be asked until now.
Similarly, Devdutt Padikkal who has been on the management radar team is not sent because he needs to play at least one more season from Ball Cricket before being considered for the exam because at this time he averaged 34.
A senior BCCI official said that the two players (solar and solar and Shaw) will have bubbles to transfer bubbles from Colombo to London.
India Squad: Rohit Sharma, Maya, Agarwar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (Deputy Captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (Wicket Guard), R.
Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohd.
Shami, MD.
Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Kl Rahul, Wriddhiman Saha (Goalkeeper), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav Players: Prasidh Krishna, Arzan Nagwaswalla