Event technical committee confirms replacements for Virender Sehwag and Jesse Ryder for ICC World Twenty20 2009

The ICC has confirmed the event technical committee of the ICC World Twenty20 2009 has approved Dinesh Karthik as a replacement player for Virender Sehwag in India’s squad for the tournament, which runs from 5 to 21 June at three venues – Lord’s, The Oval and Trent Bridge.

It has also approved Aaron Redmond as a replacement player for Jesse Ryder in the New Zealand squad.

The confirmations were conveyed to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on behalf of the event technical committee today (Thursday).

Karthik takes over from Sehwag who has not recovered from an injury to his right shoulder and Redmond comes into the New Zealand squad due to the fact Ryder is suffering from an abdominal illness and is unable to take any further part in the event. The committee reviewed the medical reports and was satisfied the reasons for the replacements were both genuine and as such has granted the BCCI and NZC the right to replace the players on medical grounds.

The event technical committee of the ICC World Twenty20 2009 consists of David Richardson (ICC General Manager – Cricket and technical committee chairman), Steve Elworthy (tournament director), Campbell Jamieson (representative of IDI, the ICC’s commercial arm which runs major ICC events), Alan Fordham (ECB representative), Ian Bishop (independent nomination) and David Lloyd (independent nomination).

New Zealand plays its first game of the Super Eight stage of the tournament today against Ireland at Trent Bridge beginning at 1330 (local time) while India plays its first Super Eight match tomorrow at Lord’s against the West Indies beginning at 1730 (local time).