Krunal, Chahar get maiden India call-up

NEW DELHI: Allrounder Krunal Pandya and medium pacer Deepak Chahar earned their maiden name up within the Indian squad to exchange injured Washington Sundar and Jasprit Bumrah for the three-match Twenty20 sequence in opposition to England, starting Tuesday at Manchester.

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While Krunal and Deepak were integrated only for the T20 sequence, left-arm spinner Axar Patel has been named as Washington's substitute for the three-match ODI sequence that begins at Nottingham on June 12.

Incidentally, Krunal and his brother Hardik Pandya will be the 3rd brother duo to constitute India after Mohinder Amarnath and Surinder Amarnath and Pathan brothers -- Irfan and Yusuf.

"The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Krunal Pandya as Washington Sundar's replacement in India's T20I side and Axar Patel in the ODI side for the upcoming limited-overs series against England," BCCI performing secretary Amitabh Choudhary said in a statement.

Sundar has been ruled out of the entire restricted overs sequence in opposition to England after injuring his right ankle during Indian workforce's training consultation on the Malahide Cricket Club, Dublin on June 26.

Bumrah, alternatively, has a fractured left thumb and has been ruled out of the impending T20I sequence in opposition to England. He suffered the injury during India's first T20I in opposition to Ireland.

Krunal has been rewarded for his constant performances for Mumbai Indians within the final two editions of the Indian Premier League (IPL), whilst Chahar got rewarded for his good performance within the home tournaments and the continued India A workforce's excursion of England.

Chahar is recently playing for India A squad in England within the 50-over tri-series, that includes England Lions and West Indies A.

After 3 video games within the sequence, Chahar was once on best of India's wicket taking chart, with seven scalps at 12.71 and an economy charge of four.04.


Chahar got here into the limelight following his good display with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) the place he picked up 10 wickets in 12 video games and was once additionally their second-most economical bowler (economy charge: 7.28).


Meanwhile, the selectors have additionally integrated Rishabh Pant in India A squad for the four-day suits. Currently a member of the India A squad for the one-day video games, Pant will proceed to be with the facet for the longer layout too.


India's squad for T20Is in opposition to England: Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav


India A squad for four-day suits: Karun Nair (captain), R Samarth, Mayank Agarwal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Ankit Bawne, Vijay Shankar, KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Jayant Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ankit Rajpoot, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Rajneesh Gurbani, Rishabh Pant.
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