England vs India: Jasprit Bumrah ruled  out of T20I series against England

Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the three-match T20I series against England after suffering from a thumb injury.

The pacer had suffered an injury in the first T20I against Ireland in Malahide. He didn’t train the next day and was given a rest for the second game of the series.

After undergoing scans, it came out that the pacer had a fractured thumb of his non-bowling hand. He is expected to return for the three-match ODI series against England slated to start from July 12 in Nottingham.

Deepak Chahar has been called in to replace Bumrah in the Indian squad.

Washington Sundar, the all-rounder has also been ruled out of the series after suffering an ankle injury while playing football during India’s practice session in Malahide on Tuesday.

Spin bowling all-rounders Axar Patel and Krunal Pandya will replace Washington Sundar for ODIs and T20Is respectively.

India will play their first T20I match against England on July 3 at Old Trafford.

India T20I Squad:

Virat Kohli (C), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Umesh Yadav,  Siddarth Kaul