KL Rahul, whose availability for the remaining three matches was topic to health, was dominated out of the third Take a look at in opposition to England in Rajkot, confirmed the Board of Management for Cricket in India on Monday.
In response to an announcement by the Board, “Rahul has reached 90% match health and is progressing nicely beneath the supervision of the BCCI Medical Staff.
“He’ll proceed his restoration course of on the Nationwide Cricket Academy in Bengaluru to be fully match-fit for the fourth and fifth Take a look at.”
In consequence, the lads’s choice committee named Devdutt Padikkal as KL Rahul’s alternative for the third Take a look at which begins in Rajkot on Thursday.
The squad is already lacking the providers of Virat Kohli, who will miss the remaining three Exams as a consequence of “private causes.”
In the meantime, Ravindra Jadeja, who sat out the second Take a look at in Visakhapatnam as a consequence of a hamstring damage was additionally topic to match health.
Of their place, Sarfaraz Khan, Sourabh Kumar and Washington Sundar have been all named as replacements, however solely Khan and Washington have been named within the squad for the Exams in Rajkot, Ranchi and Dharamsala.
The BCCI didn’t present official affirmation however Shreyas Iyer was additionally lacking from the squad within the final three Exams. In response to Cricinfo, the batter skilled some again spasms put up the second Take a look at, however was cleared for choice.
Within the absence of a number of key gamers for India, the Indian group might be anticipated handy some gamers their debuts within the upcoming Exams.
India’s up to date Squad for the third Take a look at: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KS Bharat (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja*, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Devdutt Padikkal.