India Test captain Rohit Sharma has been dominated out of the primary Test towards Bangladesh on Sunday, after struggling a thumb dislocation harm throughout the recently-concluded ODI collection.
KL Rahul will lead India within the absence of Rohit within the first Test, the BCCI confirmed in a press release.
“India captain Rohit Sharma met with a specialist in Mumbai for his left thumb injury, which he sustained during the 2nd ODI against Bangladesh. He has been advised of appropriate management for this injury and will not be available for the first Test against Bangladesh,” the BCCI mentioned.
Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran has been drafted into the squad as Rohit’s alternative. Easwaran had lately the India A crew in its two-match tour to Bangladesh. The 27-year-old successive a whole lot to complete the collection because the main run-getter with 299 runs in two innings.
The BCCI additionally confirmed that pacer Mohammed Shami and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja haven’t recovered sufficiently from their respective accidents. Navdeep Saini and Saurabh Kumar, who had been a part of the Indian A crew, have additionally been added to squad in addition to left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat who might make a possible return to the Test XI after 12 years.
India’s up to date squad for Bangladesh Tests: KL Rahul (C), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat