The back injury would be closely monitored because he injured it during this year’s IPL, missing four months of cricket at a time when his stock was rising.
Due to his late injury, he did not accompany the Indian team to Perth, where they would play two warm-up games against Australia (Oct 17) and New Zealand (Oct 18). (Oct 19).
They can ill-afford to lose another fast bowler after losing Bumrah and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, both valuable assets, to injuries. And the injuries have come at the worst possible time for Chahar, as Bumrah’s replacement was to be named in two days, with the cut-off date for confirming the squad being October 9.
Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Rajat Patidar, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh
IND vs SA: Washington Sundar replaces Deepak Chahar in India’s One-Day International squad.
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