Suryakumar Yadav has been ruled out of the T20 International series against Sri Lanka starting on Thursday. On Tuesday, he was seen during the practice session in Lucknow but according to contributing website diggingsports, the 31-year-old batsman has a hairline fracture in his hand and has been declared unfit for this series.
There is no concrete information about where Suryakumar Yadav got injured, but there have been reports that the T20 against West Indies.
He suffered an injury while fielding in the third match of the International Series. Suryakumar Yadav was adjudged the Player of the Series against the West Indies.
He is the second Indian player after Deepak Chahar to be out of the series. The fast blower Chahar has also been ruled out of the series to take place in Lucknow and Dharamsala. Chahar suffered a hamstring injury in the series against West Indies in Kolkata.
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Deepak Chahar walked out of the field after the openers were dismissed in the last match of the series against the West Indies. He could not even complete his second over. According to diggingsports, he did not even go to Lucknow with the team. His replacement was not announced by the Indian Cricket Board.
For both T20 and test matches the team has added Jasprit Bumrah in this series. In such a situation, Indian bowling has already become stronger. Bumrah is returning after a break. Bumrah has been announced as the vice-captain of the team for the T20 and Test series against Sri Lanka.
Along with this, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Mohammad Siraj and Harshal Patel are also part of the Indian team in the Indian bowling attack. The biggest thing is that the bio-bubble protocol will not be given to the replacement player.
Therefore, India now has only a 16-member team for the Sri Lanka series. The first match of the series will took place on 24 February in Lucknow. At the same time, the subsequent two T20 matches will took place in Dharamsala on 26 and 27 February. India won the T20 series by 3-0 against Sri Lanka.