Krunal, Chahar to replace wounded Washington, Bumrah in the Indian team for the T20 series against England



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New Delhi, Jul. 1 (PTI) The all-powerful Krunal Pandya and midfielder Deepak Chahar have secured their first selection in the Indian team to replace Washington's Sundar and Jasprit Bumrah for the three-game series Twenty20 vs. England, Tuesday In Manchester, Whiller Krunal and Deepak were included just for the T20 series, Axar Patel was named Washington's replacement for the ODI three-game series that starts in Nottingham on June 12 . Krunal and his brother Hardik Pandya will be the third brother to represent India after Mohinder Amarnath and Surinder Amarnath and the Pathan – Irfan and Yusuf brothers.

"The Senior Selection Committee of India has appointed Krunal Pandya as Washington Sundars replacement in Indias T20I and Axar Patel in ODI for the next limited series against England," said Amitabh Choudhary, the interim secretary of the BCCI, in a communiqué

. He was eliminated from all the limited series against England after suffering a right ankle injury at the Indian teams' training session at the Malahide Cricket Club in Dublin on June 26th.

Bumrah was fractured and was tried Bumrah suffered the injury during the first T20I of India against Ireland

Krunal was rewarded for his consistent performance for the Mumbai Indians in both last editions of the IPL, while Chahar was rewarded for his good performance in the national tournaments and the current tour of the team in India A.

Chahar is currently playing for India A team in England in the 50-over tri-series, featuring the Lions of England and West Indies A. [19659002] After three games in the series, Chahar was at the top of the box-office roster of India, with seven wickets at 12.71 and a saving rate of 4.04.

Chahar took the spotlight after his good show with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) where he picked up 10 wickets in 12 games and was also his second most economic player (economy rate: 7.28).

Meanwhile, the selectors have also included Rishabh Pant in India A team for the four-day matches. Currently a member of the team of India A for one-day games, Pant will continue to be on the side for the longer format.

Indias team for T2OI against England: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (goalkeeper), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav

India A team for four-day matches: Karun Nair (Captain), R Samarth, Mayank Agarwal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prithvi Shaw , Hanuma Vihari, Ankit Bawne, Vijay Shankar, KS Bharat (Goalkeeper), Jayant Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ankit Rajpoot, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Rajneesh Gurbani, Rishabh Pants. PTI SSC AT
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