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India vs England: Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Devdutt Padikkal to travel to UK as replacements

Suryakumar Yadav, opener Prithvi Shaw and opener Devdutt Padikkal will be flying to England as replacements for injured Washington Sundar, Shubman Gill and Avesh Khan.

Prithvi Shaw

New Delhi, July 24: Suryakumar Yadav has received his maiden Test team call-up and he along with opener Prithvi Shaw and batsman Devdutt Padikkal will be flying to England as replacements sought by the team management after three players were ruled out due to injury. Jayant Yadav too is contention.

Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and Avesh Khan have been forced out from the ongoing tour. The Test series is due to start on August 4.

While Gill was ruled out due to shin splints suffered during the World Test Championship final against New Zealand, Avesh dislocated a thumb during the warm-up game against County XI.

Washington aggravated his finger injury. A senior BCCI office-bearer confirmed the development.

"Yes, Prithvi, Surya and Jayant will be flying to England. Whether they will fly in the middle of the T20 Internationals (Prithvi and Surya are part of team in Sri Lanka) or post that is being worked out.

"But yes, these three are our replacement players for Test series in England. They might just leave after the three T20 Internationals but we will get confirmation in another three days," an official told PTI.

It is understood that Shaw's form has impressed the team management and Agarwal's current rhythm isn't the greatest. However, with quarantine rules in place, it is not clear if Suryakumar, Devdutt and Shaw can make it in time for the first Test after completing their hard quarantine. But they might be available for second Test onwards after 10-day mandatory quarantine.

As far as Jayant is concerned, his superior batting abilities got the nod as he has a Test hundred and also will be a steady net bowler unless R Ashwin or Ravindra Jadeja suffer from any injury in a long series. Suryakumar's assertive batting could be used during some point in the series as Ajinkya Rahane's hamstring injury will keep the team concerned.

"In any case, if Ajinkya misses the first Test, it will be KL Rahul who will bat in the middle order in Nottingham. The team management is still confident that Ajinkya might be alright before the Nottingham Test."

Story first published: Saturday, July 24, 2021, 17:52 [IST]
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