The governing body of Indian cricket, BCCI, has made two changes in the ODI and T20I squads due to injuries. The injury list of players has increased before the ODI series against England and the T20I series in Zimbabwe.

Fast bowling Prince Yadav has been added to the ODI squad for the first time due to the injury of Harshit Rana. He has sustained a Grade 1 right hamstring injury and is ruled out of the ODI series against England. Meanwhile, a change has also been made in the T20I squad due to the injury of mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy. He has a Grade 2 left hamstring injury, and his place has been filled by leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi.

Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy ruled out with hamstring injuries, the BCCI announced replacements.

As per the BCCI, the two cases of injury occurred during the third T20I match against England at Trent Bridge. Harshit Rana sustained a grade 1 hamstring strain while bowling in the match, which was later confirmed through scans. The pacer has been ruled out of the ODI series against England and will be heading to the BCCI Center of Excellence (CoE) for recovery and treatment.

Similarly, Varun Chakaravarthy also injured his hamstring in the game, but he sustained a grade 2 strain, and his left hamstring was put on the MRI. He is out of the T20I series against Zimbabwe. Chakravarthy will also go to the BCCI CoE for treatment and rehabilitation. In an official statement, it was mentioned,

“The Men’s Selection Committee has named Prince Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi as Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy’s replacements in the Men’s ODI and T20I squads, respectively.

Both are expected to continue their treatment and rehabilitation at the BCCI Center of Excellence with the Medical Committee’s supervision until their respective recoveries.”

India’s updated squad for England ODIs: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Captain), KL Rahul (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav.

India’s updated squad for Zimbabwe T20Is: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma (Vice-Captain), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Rinku Singh, Harsh Dubey, Prince Yadav, Yash Thakur, Ashok Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Ravi Bishnoi. (ANI)