Kuldeep Yadav returns to the Indian squad for the third ODI against Bangladesh

Team India was forced to make a string of changes to their squad for the third ODI against Bangladesh after three of their members had to be sidelined with injuries. Rohit Sharma copped an injury on the thumb of his right hand while fielding while Deepak Chahar and Kuldeep Sen suffered injury setbacks too.

Owing to the unfortunate exclusions, Kuldeep Yadav was summoned to the Indian side to fill in the boots of the three outgoing players.

Kuldeep Yadav was a part of the Indian squad for the New Zealand series but didn’t get a call-up to the playing eleven. He was supposed to link up with the Indian squad ahead of the Test series against Bangladesh but as circumstances have it, he may very well be in action for the final ODI at Mirpur.

BCCI said in their official statement, “Rohit suffered a blow to his thumb in the second over while fielding in the 2nd ODI. The BCCI Medical Team assessed him and he underwent scans at a local hospital in Dhaka. He has flown to Mumbai for specialist consultation and will miss the final ODI. A call on his availability for the upcoming Test series will be taken later.”

The statement also added, “Fast bowler Kuldeep Sen complained of stiffness in his back after the first ODI. The BCCI medical team assessed him and he was advised rest from the 2nd ODI. Kuldeep has been diagnosed with a stress injury and is ruled out of the series. Fellow fast bowler Deepak Chahar sustained a left hamstring strain during the 2nd ODI and is also ruled out of the series. Both Kuldeep and Deepak will now report to NCA for further management of their injuries.”

Revised Indian squad for third ODI: KL Rahul (C) (WK), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (WK), Shahbaz Ahmed, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Kuldeep Yadav.