Pacer ruled out as India shuffle white-ball squads against Windies
Prasidh Krishna has been sidelined with an injury, while Washington Sundar has been withdrawn from the T20I squad.
India have made changes to their squads ahead of the third ODI against West Indies and the upcoming T20I series, with Prasidh Krishna ruled out of the final ODI and Washington Sundar withdrawn from the T20Is.
Prasidh sustained a left hamstring injury during the second ODI in Guwahati and will miss the series finale in Chandigarh. The pacer picked a wicket in Guwahati and has three wickets overall in the two ODIs.
India have called up Anshul Kamboj as his replacement, with the fast bowler set to join the squad in Chandigarh in what could be his potential ODI debut.
The hosts currently have an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series after claiming thumping victories in Thiruvananthapuram and Guwahati.
India’s updated ODI squad: Shubman Gill [c], Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Mohammed Siraj, Auqib Nabi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj
Meanwhile, Washington Sundar has been withdrawn from India’s squad for the T20I series against the West Indies, with attention towards the upcoming ICC World Test Championship series against New Zealand taking focus.
Naman Dhir, who made his ODI debut in the series opener against the West Indies last week, has been named as Washington’s replacement in the T20I squad.
India’s updated T20I squad: Shreyas Iyer [c], Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Naman Dhir