NEW DELHI: The Indian workforce on Saturday suffered a giant blow as star all-rounder Shivam Dube was dominated out of the complete T20I collection towards Bangladesh as a consequence of a again harm.
The three-match T20I collection begins on Sunday in Gwalior and Dube harm comes as a setback for the aspect.
In a social media submit, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) said that Dube can be unavailable for the three-match collection and named one other left-hander Tilak Varma as his substitute.
“All-rounder Shivam Dube is dominated out of the three-match T20I collection owing to a again harm. The Senior Choice Committee has named Tilak Varma as Shivam’s substitute. Tilak will hyperlink up with the squad in Gwalior on Sunday morning,” BCCI mentioned in a launch.
Dube has to this point performed 33 T20Is for India the place he has scored 448 runs and took 11 wickets.
It’s understood that Dube’s again harm has resurfaced whereas coaching in Mumbai earlier than the beginning of the Bangladesh collection and as soon as he got here to Gwalior, the ache did not subside and he felt discomfort whereas coaching.
The 21-year-old Tilak has performed 16 T20Is for India wherein he scored 336 runs and took a few wickets together with his gradual bowling.
The MI star was just lately injured and wasn’t picked for both Zimbabwe or Sri Lanka T20Is.
India’s up to date squad for the T20I collection towards Bangladesh: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, JItesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav, Tilak Varma
