Asia Cup 2022: Deepak Chahar Injured Ahead of the tournament? Check Complete Details

Deepak Chahar injured Asia Cup 2022: Team India is currently gearing up for the upcoming Asia Cup 2022 tournament where they will be facing arch-rivals Pakistan in their first match on 28 August, 2022 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. The Rohit Sharma-led side is placed in the Group A alongside Pakistan and Hong Kong while Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh are part of Group B. The Men in Blue will be participating in the multi-nation T20 tournament in the absence of their two star bowlers in Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel.

Asia Cup 2022: Deepak Chahar Injured Ahead of the tournament? Check Complete Details

Since today morning, there have been a number of reports doing the rounds about India’s right-arm pacer Deepak Chahar to have picked up another injury ahead of the Asia Cup 2022. Chahar was one of the three stand-by players alongside Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel in the national squad. However, a BCCI official has clearly rubbished any such injury update and revealed that the seamer is with the Indian team in Dubai at this moment and young right-arm speedster Kuldeep Sen has only been named as a net bowler.

“It’s absolutely rubbish. He is still with the team in Dubai. He joined the practice yesterday and will continue to do so today. He is absolutely fine. Kuldeep has joined as a net bowler. He is a fine talent but not as a full-time option,” a senior BCCI official told InsideSport.

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Incidentally, Deepak Chahar recently returned from a long injury layoff during the three-match ODI series in Zimbabwe where he played the first and third matches. However, after impressive outing in IPL 2022 for the Rajasthan Royals, Madhya Pradesh pacer Kuldeep Sen has been called up as a net bowler with the Indian side for Asia Cup 2022. While talking about the 15-member squad, India has three frontline pace bowlers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya as the all-rounder.

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India Squad for Asia Cup 2022

Rohit Sharma (Captain ), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, R Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, R Jadeja, R Ashwin, Y Chahal, R Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.

Stand-by Players: Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel.

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