Fresh double injury blow for India
India have suffered a double blow on the eve of their T20I series against Sri Lanka, with a pair of key players ruled out for the entire series.
Seamer Deepak Chahar and batter Suryakumar Yadav picked up fresh injuries during the third and final T20I against the West Indies in Kolkata on Sunday and will be given time to recover.
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Deepak hurt his quad while bowling against the West Indies, while Suryakumar was unlucky to suffer a hairline fracture while fielding during the same match.
India's 3-0 clean sweep over the West Indies catapulted them above England to become the top ranked T20 team in the world, but they will need to defeat Sri Lanka to hang on to that ranking.
The first of three T20Is will be held in Lucknow on Friday.
India's T20 squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Avesh Khan.