Hardik Pandya OUT, questions on Virat Kohli’s fitness, Team India’s tension increased before England tour

Hardik Pandya Injury: Team India has suffered a big setback before the white ball series against England. India’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya (Hardik Pandya) Has been ruled out of England tour due to injury. Hardik Pandya was also out of the 3-match ODI series against Afghanistan due to injury, after which he was expected to return on the England tour.

However, before the first ODI match against Afghanistan, Hardik Pandya suffered a sprain in his leg, due to which the wait for Hardik Pandya’s return to the field increased. Now he is completely out of the England tour. Let us tell you that Hardik Pandya was injured while playing for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026.

Big update regarding Virat Kohli

According to news agency ANI, sources said that Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of the England tour. Whereas, veteran batsman Virat Kohli (Virat Kohli) There is suspense even on the playing of. Virat Kohli suffered a hamstring injury in the final of IPL 2026. Because of this, Virat Kohli was out of the ODI series against Afghanistan. It is being told that Virat Kohli will be fit before the ODI series against England. Before this series, Virat Kohli will have a fitness test on 26th June. Only after this it will be decided whether he will play the ODI series against England or not.

UPDATE ON TEAM INDIA (Abhishek Tripathi)

– Virat Kohli’s fitness test on June 22nd at Bengaluru.

– Hardik Pandya likely to be out of England ODI series.

– Indian squad will be announced after the fitness test of Kohli. pic.twitter.com/x4Ucx3enPC

—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 20, 2026

Who will replace Hardik Pandya?

Hardik Pandya is considered to be India’s most reliable all-rounder in white ball cricket. With his presence the team gets good balance. In the absence of Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy may get a chance in the playing-11 of Team India. Although Nitish Reddy is already a part of India’s ODI and T20 team. In such a situation, some other young all-rounder may get a chance in the squad of the Indian team.

England tour schedule

The Indian team will go on England tour at the end of this month. The first 5-match T20 series will be played between India and England, which will start from July 1. BCCI has announced the squad of Team India for this T20 series, the command of which has been handed over to Shreyas Iyer. At the same time, the ODI series will be played from July 14, for which the squad will be announced soon.

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