Jadeja, Yash Dayal ruled out of the Bangladesh tour; replacements announced

Ravindra Jadeja last played in Asia Cup 2022

India's prime allrounder Ravindra Jadeja has officially been ruled out of the ODI series against Bangladesh along with pacer Yash Dayal, where the Rohit Sharma-led unit will be play three One-dayers.

As per the announcement made by the BCCI, the allrounder will be replaced in the ODIs by Shahbaz Ahmed, who recently got his maiden cap against South Africa. Meanwhile, Kuldeep Sen has replaced Dayal who suffered from a lower back injury. Therefore, both the replacements Ahmed and Sen have been pulled out from New Zealand ODI series.

What BCCI stated in its release

"The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named fast bowler Kuldeep Sen and all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed as replacements for Yash Dayal & Ravindra Jadeja for the upcoming 3-match ODI series against Bangladesh in December.

"Dayal has a lower back issue and is ruled out of the series while Jadeja is yet to recover from his knee injury and will continue to be under the supervision of the BCCI Medical team.  

"Kuldeep and Shahbaz were initially named in the squad for the 3-match ODI series in New Zealand starting 25th November in Auckland. However, they will now be a part of the squad travelling to Bangladesh. No replacements have been named for the ODI squad currently in New Zealand."

The 33-year-old was part of the Indian squad for the Asia Cup 2022, where he played two matches against Pakistan and Hong Kong after his long-standing knee injury got aggravated.

His injury forced India to pay a huge price as the Men in Blue went into the T20 World Cup 2022 with a weaker bowling unit. Not only that, the inaugural T20 Champions missed on a three-dimensional cricketer of Jadeja's calibre.

Squad for A series against Bangladesh

BCCI also released its squad for the A series which will take place ahead of the two-match Test series against the same opposition. Further, schedule for the four-day A series has also been announced with 1st game from 29th November and second from 6th December at Cox Bazaar and Sylhet, respectively. 

India A squad for 1st four-day game: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Rohan Kunnummal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yash Dhull, Sarfaraz Khan, Tilak Varma, Upendra Yadav (wk), Saurabh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Atit Sheth

India A squad for 2nd four-day game: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Rohan Kunnummal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yash Dhull, Sarfaraz Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Upendra Yadav (wk), Saurabh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Atit Sheth, Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav, KS Bharat (wk)

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