Mumbai: BCCI's All-India Senior Selection Committee as named Abhimanyu Easwaran as injured Team India Captain Rohit Sharma's replacement for the first Test against Bangladesh.
Fast bowler Mohammad Shami and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja are yet to fully recover from their respective shoulder and knee injuries and are ruled out of the Test series.
The selectors have named Navdeep Saini and Saurabh Kumar as replacements for Shami and Jadeja respectively.
The selection committee has also added fast bowler Jaydev Unadkat to India’s squad for the Test series.
Meanwhile, Rohit met with a specialist in Mumbai for his left thumb injury, which he sustained during the second ODI against Bangladesh.
He has been advised appropriate management for this injury and will not be available for the first Test against Bangladesh.
The BCCI Medical Team will take a call on his availability for the second and final Test at a later stage.
India's updated squad for Bangladesh Tests: 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, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat. (UNI)
