BAN vs IND: Rohit Sharma Injury Update. India Squad announced for Bangladesh vs India 2nd Test

Bangladesh and India are currently locking horns in the two-match Test series. The visitors have taken a 1-0 lead in the series after their staggering performance in the first game, where they thumped the opposition by massive margin of 188 runs. The focus now shifts towards the the second game, that will be played on Thursday (22nd December) in Dhaka.

BAN vs IND: Rohit Sharma, Navdeep Saini ruled out of the second Test against Bangladesh 

With just few days ahead of the second Test, India has suffered a major blow as skipper Rohit Sharma has been officially ruled out of the second game. The right-hander suffered a thumb injury while fielding during the second ODI and then was ruled out of the third game along with first Test.

There were many speculations about his return for the second game as many media reports suggested that the right-hander has recovered and will be available for the second game. But all the rumours turned out to be fake as BCCI released an official statement, saying that he needs some more time to heal completely before the Indian captain can bat and field with full intensity.

While it was expected, they also will be without the services for Navdeep Saini for the second game. The pacer was added late into the squad as a replacement for Mohammad Shami.

He didn’t play the first game and now has be ruled out of the upcoming game. Saini suffered an abdominal muscle strain while training and will now report to the NCA for further management of his injury.

BAN vs IND: Revised Indian squad for the second Test against Bangladesh 

Here’s the revised Indian squad for the second Test against Bangladesh 

KL Rahul (C), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Saurabh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat