Shardul Thakur Named Replacement Of Injured Bumrah For England ODIs

Mumbai's paceman Shardul Thakur has been named in the Indian squad for England ODIs as replacement of Jasprit Bumrah.

A BCCI media release confirmed on Friday, July 6.



Keep in mind, Jasprit Bumrah gets his thumb injured while trying to stop the ball in follow through in the first Twenty20 International against Ireland on June 27. Therefore he was subsequently ruled out from the second T20I and also from 3-match T20I against England.

Bumrah's replacement Thakur is already in England as a part of India A. He featured in recently concluded one-day tri-series involving England Lions and West Indies A. He played 4 matches (including the final) and picked 8 wickets, two of them came in the final.

Thakur made his debut last year against Sri Lanka. He has been the part of Indian limited overs side in recent times. He last played an ODI match against South Africa in South Africa where he registered his career-best figures of 4 for 52.



Thakur has also been the regular member of the T20I squad since debut. He played 2 of 3 T20Is against South Africa before playing all the matches of Nidahas Trophy where India beat Bangladesh in the final.

However, Thakur was overlooked in T20Is against Ireland and England. Even after Bumrah gets injured and was ruled out, Deepak Chahar was named his replacement.

Apart from Bumrah, Washington Sunder had also been ruled out from England T20I and ODIs and therefore Krunal Pandya and Axer Patel has named his replacement respectively.



Bumrah was hopeful for the ODI series but he didn't get much time to recover before the series. This could be the huge blow for India as he is currently No.1 bowler and also considered the best bowler in limited over formats.

Now, India will be hoping that Bumrah gets recover before the 5-match Test series. Keep in mind, He made his Test debut against South Africa earlier this year and troubled Africa's batsmen with his pace.

The 3-match ODI series is scheduled to play from 12 July while Test series will start from August 1.

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