Rohit Sharma ruled out of the first Test against Bangladesh; replacement announced

Indian captain Rohit Sharma has been dominated out of the upcoming first Test against Bangladesh, beginning December 14 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced the developments on Sunday and in addition confirmed the unavailability of Ravindra Jadeja together with Mohammed Shami for your complete Check sequence.

Rohit, who injured his thumb in the course of the second ODI, met a specialist in Mumbai and has been suggested to relaxation. Because of which Abhimanyu Easwaran has been drafted in to interchange Rohit. Notably, Easwaran smashed centuries in each video games towards Bangladesh A just lately.

Within the absence of Rohit, opener KL Rahul will lead Workforce India within the sequence opener. Senior batter Cheteshwar Pujara has been named because the vice-captain. Equally, Navdeep Saini and Saurabh Kumar have been added to the squad as replacements of Shami and Jadeja, respectively.

“India captain Rohit Sharma met with a specialist in Mumbai for his left thumb harm, which he sustained in the course of the 2nd ODI towards Bangladesh. He has been suggested of acceptable administration for this harm and won’t be out there for the primary Check towards Bangladesh. The BCCI Medical Workforce will take a name on his availability for the second and remaining Check at a later stage. The All-India Senior Choice Committee has named Abhimanyu Easwaran as his alternative for the primary Check,” learn the BCCI launch.

“Quick bowler Mohd. Shami and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja are but to completely get better from their respective shoulder and knee accidents and are dominated out of the Check sequence. The selectors have named Navdeep Saini and Saurabh Kumar as replacements for Shami and Jadeja respectively. The choice committee has additionally added quick bowler Jaydev Unadkat to India’s squad for the Check sequence,” the discharge added.

India’s squad for the primary Check (up to date):

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