• BCCI Names Replacement after ruling out Ruturaj Gaikwad Ruled of IND vs SA Test Series

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    BCCI Names Replacement after ruling out Ruturaj Gaikwad Ruled of IND vs SA Test Series
    BCCI Medical Team has ruled him out of the rest of the tour. He will be reporting to the NCA for further...

    Digital Desk: India's opening batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad has been ruled out of the upcoming Test series against South Africa due to injury. BCCI names Abhimanyu Easwaran as his replacement. The BCCI Medical Team has ruled Gaikwad out of the rest of the tour.

    It is to be mentioned that Gaikwad got injured, as his right ring finger got hurt in the second ODI against South Africa and he will report to the NCA for further management. 


    Meanwhile, due to a hamstring injury, fast bowler Harshit Rana has been ruled out of the four-day encounter against South Africa A, which begins on December 26th at Willowmoore Park in Benoni.

    Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Avesh Khan, and Rinku Singh have been added to India A's team, while Kuldeep Yadav has been dropped.

    Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Tilak Varma, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Avesh Khan, Navdeep Saini, Akash Deep, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Manav Suthar, Rinku Singh are the updated team for India A's four-day match against SA from A group.