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  Gautam Gambhir called in for injured Lokesh Rahul

Gautam Gambhir called in for injured Lokesh Rahul

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Published : Sep 28, 2016, 6:37 am IST
Updated : Sep 28, 2016, 6:37 am IST

Veteran opener Gautam Gambhir was named as replacement for the injured Lokesh Rahul, while off-spinner Jayant Yadav was called up in place of sidelined seamer Ishant Sharma, the cricket control board

Gautam Gambhir
 Gautam Gambhir

Veteran opener Gautam Gambhir was named as replacement for the injured Lokesh Rahul, while off-spinner Jayant Yadav was called up in place of sidelined seamer Ishant Sharma, the cricket control board said in a statement on Tuesday.

Gambhir, had appeared for a fitness test at the NCA in Bengaluru earlier in the day along with middle-order stalwart Yuvraj Singh.

“(The) BCCI medical team has confirmed that Team India opener K.L. Rahul has an injury in his right hamstring and he is ruled out for the remainder of the Paytm Test series against New Zealand. The all-India senior selection committee has named Gautam Gambhir as Rahul’s replacement for the next two Test matches,” the BCCI said.

“Medium pacer Ishant Sharma is recovering and won’t be available for the second Test of the series to be played in Kolkata. BCCI medical team will continue to monitor his progress. Off-spinner Jayant Yadav will replace Ishant for the second Test,” it added.

Along with Gambhir and Yuvraj, pacer Barinder Sran and Jaspreet Bumrah have also appeared for the tests.

Specialist opener, Shikhar Dhawan is already in the squad. However, Gambhir’s impressive show in the recent Duleep Trophy, where he scored four back-to-back half-centuries, has again somewhat brought him back in focus.

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