Rohit Sharma has resumed batting in the nets but is anticipated to get back in action by the end of the first week of January and would be fully prepared for the ODI series against Sri Lanka.
India will go into the match without some of its regular players. Rahul will serve as skipper in place of the injured Rohit Sharma (finger), and other seasoned players Jasprit Bumrah (back injury), Mohammad Shami (shoulder injury), and Ravindra Jadeja (knee injury) will also be out of action
The Board of Control for Cricket in India shared a tweet and informed about the changes in the squad. While Rohit has been ruled out of the test, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and pacer Mohammed Shami have been ruled out of the series.
Due to injuries, both players missed the last ODI series. In their absence, India would most likely replace them with Uttar Pradesh's Saurabh Kumar and Navdeep Saini. Both Saurabh and Saini are currently on tour with India A in Bangladesh.
Jadeja, who turns 34 today, was born on December 6, 1988, in Jamnagar, Gujarat, and progressed through the Indian cricket youth ranks. He was Virat Kohli's deputy when India won the U-19 World Cup in Malaysia in 2009. On 8 February 2009, he made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka, scoring an un
Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, husband of Rivaba Jadeja, the BJP candidate from the Jamnagar North seat in Gujarat, on Thursday placed his faith in people of the constituency stating that they believe that his wife would do a good job and would stand up to their expectations.
Ravindra Jadeja's wife Rivaba Jadeja is a BJP candidate from Jamnagar North while her father Anirudhsinh Jadeja and her sister Naina Jadeja had campaigned for Congress candidate.
"Dayal has a lower back issue and is ruled out of the series while Jadeja is yet to recover from his knee injury and will continue to be under the supervision of the BCCI Medical team," The Board of Control for Cricket in India said in an official statement.
Bengal all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed is expected to be picked as Jadeja's replacement for the ODI series, which gets underway on December 4 in Mirpur according to information provided by ESPNcricinfo.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-backed Rivaba Jadeja, wife of Ravindra Jadeja, has made the Jamnagar (North) constituency among the highly discussed seats in the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.