Pant ruled out of India’s ODI series against New Zealand

Rishabh Pant has been ruled out of the three-game ODI series against New Zealand with a side strain. The India wicketkeeper-batter picked up the injury during practice before the first match on Sunday. Dhruv Jurel has been named his replacement and has already linked up with the squad in Vadodara.

“Pant felt a sudden onset [of] discomfort in his right lateral abdominal area while batting in the nets during India’s practice session on Saturday evening at the BCA Stadium, Vadodara,” a BCCI statement said. “He was taken for MRI scans immediately and the BCCI medical team had a detailed discussion with an expert on his clinical and radiological findings. Pant has been diagnosed with a side strain (olique muscle tear) and is subsequently ruled out of the ODI series.”

Rishabh Pant injury does not affect India’s first-choice Pant was in the midst of a decent run of form, though, captaining Delhi to the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-finals, and scoring two fifties in six innings along the way.

Pant ruled out of India’s ODI series

Jurel, who is yet to make his ODI debut, will deputize for Rahul. He comes into the squad on the back of six fifty-plus scores in his final seven List A innings. He turned two of those into centuries as well for Uttar Pradesh, a return to form after scores of 14, 13, 0 and 2 in the Test series against South Africa last year.

After the first ODI in Vadodara, the teams play in Rajkot (January 14) and Indore (January 18) before shifting focus to the five-match T20I series, in Nagpur (January 21), Raipur (January 23), Guwahati (January 25), Visakhapatnam (January 28) and Thiruvananthapuram (January 31), which will be established them up for the T20 World Cup, to be played in India and Sri Lanka in February-March. Neither Pant nor Jurel figure in India’s T20I squad.

India’s updated ODI squad

Shubman Gill(capt), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Shreyas Iyer (vice-capt), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk)

Dhruv Jurel has been named as injured Rishabh Pant’s substitute for the three-match ODI series, starting from Sunday in Vadodara.

Rishabh Pant was on Saturday ruled out of the ODI series against New Zealand after sustaining a side strain when he was struck on the ribs by a throwdown specialist during an extended net session.

India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant was ruled out of the three-match ODI series against New Zealand on Sunday and Dhruv Jurel will take his place in the squad, the BCCI announced.

Pant got hurt while training in the nets on the day of the first ODI set to be played at the BCA stadium in Vadodara.

“Rishabh Pant felt a sudden onset of discomfort in his right lateral abdominal area while batting in the nets during India’s practice session on Saturday afternoon,” BCCI stated in a release.

“He was taken for MRI scans immediately and the BCCI Medical Team had a detailed discussion with an expert on his clinical and radiological findings. Pant has been diagnosed with a side strain (Oblique Muscle Tear) and is subsequently ruled out of the ODI Series,” the release included.

As reported by Sportstar earlier, the injury will take at least 10 days to heal due to heavy grinding.

Trevally, who was with Uttar Pradesh squad in Bengaluru for the Vijay Hazare Trophy knockouts, has been called up. The 24-year-old wicketkeeper-batter has been in fine form, scoring 558 runs in seven innings including two hundreds and four fifties. He notched up his highest score in List A cricket, 160 not out, during the VHT league stage.

Rishabh Pant too, played the whole league stage with Delhi and led the team to the knockout stage. The senior wicketkeeper scored 212 runs in six innings with the best score of 70.

Rishabh Pant rules out of the three-match ODI series against New Zealand after suffering an injury during a nets session.

Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has been ruled out of the three-match ODI series against New Zealand, beginning Sunday, January 11, because of an injury. The 28-year-old faced a fresh setback on the eve of the game as he was hit just above his waist while batting against throwdown specialists. As soon as Pant was spotted grimacing in pain, he was assisted by the Indian team’s support staff and other team members, including head coach Gautam Gambhir.

The injury became serious, and it’s enough to keep him out of the series against New Zealand. The wicketkeeper has already left the Indian camp. The BCCI on Sunday named Dhruv Jurel as the replacement for the injured Pant.

“Wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant felt a sudden onset of discomfort in his right lateral abdominal area while batting in the nets during India’s practice session on Saturday afternoon at the BCA Stadium, Vadodara,” the BCCI said in an official release.

“He was taken for MRI scans immediately, and the BCCI Medical Team had a detailed discussion with an expert on his clinical and radiological findings. Pant has been diagnosed with a side strain (Oblique Muscle Tear) and is subsequently ruled out of the ODI Series,” the statement included.

Pant’s career has been hindered by injuries recently. His flourishing career first hit a major roadblock in 2022 after he met with a horrific car accident. This led to a long absence from international cricket and the IPL.

Last year, he faced another setback after being hit on the toe while trying to play a reverse sweep off Chris Woakes’ bowling. This led to him missing the fifth and final Test against England, as well as the two Tests against the West Indies.

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