Harshit Rana ruled England’s ODIs; Ravi Bishnoi replaces Varun Chakravarthy for Zimbabwe T20Is | Cricket News


Harshit Rana ruled England's ODIs; Ravi Bishnoi replaces Varun Chakravarthy for Zimbabwe T20Is

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced two changes to India’s squads for the upcoming England-Zimbabwe series following injuries to Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy.Fast bowler Prince Yadav has replaced Harshit Rana in India’s squad for the ODI series against England. Harshit has been ruled out with a hamstring injury.Meanwhile, leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi has been drafted into India’s squad for the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe later this month, replacing Varun Chakravarthy.Bishnoi was not part of the original squad but was included after it was confirmed that Varun will need more time to recover from the hamstring injury that also ruled him out of the last two T20Is against England.Bishnoi featured in the first two matches of India’s five-match T20I series in England. India did not bowl in the opening game after rain washed it out. In the second T20I at Old Trafford, Bishnoi conceded 60 runs in his four overs. He also bowled three no-balls at the back and hit two sixes and a four from the resulting free throws.Varun will now report to BCCI’s Center of Excellence (CoE) in Bangalore for further evaluation and rehabilitation. Harshit Rana will also join him after suffering a hamstring injury that ruled him out of the three-match ODI series against England.Varun had recently returned to action during the T20I series in Ireland before playing the first two T20Is against England. The latest injury is another setback after he fractured his left toe during the latter stages of IPL 2026. He played through the injury before missing the T20I series against Afghanistan and Ireland while recovering at the CoE.Chakravarthy also struggled for form in England, picking up just one wicket while conceding runs at an economical rate of 10.28.Updated India Squad for England ODIs: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Captain), KL Rahul (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Bra, Prince Yadav, Gurnov SinghUpdated India Squad for Zimbabwe T20Is: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma (Vice-Captain), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Rinku Singh, Harsh Dubey, Prince Yadav, Yash Thakur, Ashok Sharma, Mayank Yadav, PrabishKi, RabishKi



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