India vs South Africa: Mohammed Siraj replaces injured Jasprit Bumrah in T20I squad

Mohammed Siraj will exchange the injured Jasprit Bumrah for the remaining two T20I matches towards South Africa, the BCCI mentioned in an announcement on Friday.

“The All-India Senior Selection Committee named Mohammed Siraj as a replacement for injured Jasprit Bumrah for the remainder of the T20I series against South Africa,” BCCI mentioned.

“Bumrah has sustained a back injury and is currently under the supervision of the BCCI Medical Team.”

The remaining two T20Is shall be performed in Guwahati on October 2 and in Indore on October 4.

Siraj has performed 5 T20Is for India, his final T20I look got here towards Sri Lanka earlier this 12 months. The 28-year-old pacer was enjoying county cricket for Warwickshire.

Bumrah didn’t play the primary T20 towards South Africa Wednesday and, a day later, flew to the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru for the again situation to be monitored.

The BCCI had dominated out Bumrah from the primary T20 sport towards South Africa in Thiruvananthapuram Wednesday. “Jasprit Bumrah complained of back pain during India’s practice session on Tuesday. The BCCI Medical Team assessed him,” it had mentioned.

Bumrah had earlier missed the Asia Cup within the UAE final month as a result of again damage.

BCCI has not confirmed whether or not Indian spearhead Jaspirt Bumrah is out from the T20 World Cup or not. If he’s dominated out, both Mohammed Shami or Deepak Chahar, the 2 pace-bowling standbys for the T20 WC are prone to exchange him.

Indian squad for South Africa T20Is: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Umesh Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohd Siraj