Team India got a double blow! Two match-winners out before England and Zimbabwe series, BCCI announced replacements

Just before the start of the upcoming high-voltage ODI series against England and T20 series against Zimbabwe, a big and disturbing news is coming out from the camp of the Indian cricket team. The team’s two key bowlers—fast bowler Harshit Rana and mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy—have been completely ruled out of the upcoming tours due to injuries. Amidst this sudden crisis, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took immediate action and announced the inclusion of two talented cricketers in the team as official replacements for the two injured players.

Hamstring injury becomes villain: Big update on Harshit and Varun Chakraborty’s injury

According to information received from the BCCI medical team, both the players were injured during the third T20 International played against England. Fast bowler Harshit Rana had complained of hamstring strain after the match, after which the scan confirmed ‘Grade 1 hamstring tear’. At the same time, spinner Varun Chakraborty’s injury is more serious; His scans revealed a ‘grade 2 hamstring injury’. Both these players have been instructed to report to the BCCI Center of Excellence (BCCI CoE) in Bengaluru for a detailed rehabilitation process.

Prince Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi’s luck shines: New faces get big opportunity

After the exclusion of these two match-winners, the selectors have included all-rounder Prince Yadav, who has consistently performed well in the domestic circuit, in the senior team in place of Harshit Rana for the three-match ODI series against England. On the other hand, experienced leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi has returned to Team India in place of mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty for the five-match T20 International series against Zimbabwe. Cricket experts believe that Ravi Bishnoi’s experience can prove to be very effective for the Indian team on Zimbabwean pitches.

There will be a litmus test in Birmingham: ‘Men in Blue’ will be strengthened by the return of Rohit-Virat

The three-match ODI series between India and England is going to start on July 14 at the historic Edgbaston ground in Birmingham. After this, the next two matches of the series will be played on 16 and 19 July respectively. The performance of the Indian team in the recently concluded T20 International series was very disappointing, where India suffered a crushing 4-0 defeat in the rain-affected series. However, regular captain Rohit Sharma and veteran batsman Virat Kohli are returning to the team in the ODI series, which will greatly strengthen the Indian middle order and top order.

India’s final and revised teams for both tours are as follows:

Updated Indian squad for England ODI series: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav.

Updated Indian squad for Zimbabwe T20 series: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Rinku Singh, Harsh Dubey, Prince Yadav, Yash Thakur, Ashok Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Ravi Bishnoi.