Indian player Washington Sundar has been named as a replacement for Deepak Chahar for the rest ODI series against South Africa, BCCI informed on Saturday.
“Mr. Chahar had a stiffness in his back after the third and final T20I against South Africa in Indore and did not feature in India’s Playing XI in the first ODI in Lucknow,” the BCCI said in its statement.
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Chahar will now head back to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) and will be monitored by the Medical Team.
India will play the second ODI in Ranchi on Sunday (October 9), and the final ODI of the series in New Delhi on Tuesday (October 11, 2022).
India’s ODI squad: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Rajat Patidar, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar.