The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced that Nitish Kumar Reddy – who received a maiden India call-up for the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe – has been ruled out owing to injury.
Reddy will be replaced by Shivam Dube, who’s currently part of India’s T20 World Cup squad. “The BCCI Medical Team is monitoring Nitish Reddy’s progress,” a statement from the board added.
Reddy, who played for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the recently concluded IPL season, was named as the Emerging Player of the Season.
BCCI on Monday had announced the squad for the upcoming Zimbabwe series, scheduled to begin from July 6.
As earlier reported by the Indian Express, Shubman Gill will be captaining the side with most of the names taking part in the ongoing T20 World Cup sitting this series out that includes Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav.
In-form Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma and Riyan Parag, Tushar Deshpande, Khaleel Ahmed all regulars for their respective teams in the IPL will board the flight to Zimbabwe and so will those on the bench during the T20 World Cup, Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rinku Singh.
The squad also includes the Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar.
India’s tour of Zimbabwe will start from July 6 with the first T20I, followed by the 2nd match on July 7. The 3rd match will take place on July 10 while the 4th encounter will be on July 13. The series will wrap up with the 5th match on July 14. All the matches will be held at Harare Sports Club in Harare.
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