Raina to replace Rayudu for England ODI series

Suresh Raina is all set to make his ODI comeback as Ambati Rayudu has been out of the England tour for ODI series. Rayudu who initially named in ODI squad couldn't clear yo-yo fitness test, therefore, Raina named his replacement.

BCCI confirmed on Saturday, June 16.



It is a necessity to clear yo-yo test for selection in the national squad. But unfortunately, Rayudu couldn't clear the basic 16.1 mark.

He is the second player to be dropped from the team as recently, pacer Mohammad Shami had also been dropped from the Test squad.

On the other hand, Rayudu's replacement Raina has been picked in ODI team after more than 2 years. He last played an ODI match against South Africa in October 2015. With this selection Raina's world cup hopes are alive.



Raina was impressive in recently concluded Indian premier league where he had scored 445 runs with an average of 37 for Chennai Super Kings. He had also made his comeback in T20I against South Africa earlier this year.

It will be interesting to see whether he will be picked in playing XI with KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik and Shreyas Iyer are already in the squad and are keen to fix their middle order spot.

Revised ODI Squad:



Virat Kohli (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (WK), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav

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