India vs South Africa test series: Ruturaj Gaikwad ruled out of squad due to injury, Abhimanyu Easwaran to replace him
ALSO READ: Virat Kohli unexpectedly flies back to India: Will he play 1st Test against South Africa? Here's what BCCI sources say As his replacement, the Men’s Selection Committee has named Abhimanyu Easwaran. Earlier in the day, India's star Virat Kohli had to fly back home due to some emergency in his family.
The BCCI sources claimed that Virat Kohli is expected to be back before the first Test match on 26 December, but didn't reveal much on the nature of the emergency. Earlier on 17 December, BCCI ruled out Ishan Kishan from the series and cited his reasons.
The BCCI named KS Bharat as a replacement. Meanwhile, pacer Harshit Rana has been ruled out of the four-day match against South Africa A, beginning on 26 December at Willowmoore Park in Benoni.
Rana has suffered a hamstring injury. Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Avesh Khan, and Rinku Singh have been added to India A’s squad, while Kuldeep Yadav has been released.
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna, KS Bharat (wk)Milestone Alert!
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