Hooda, who is suffering from a back injury, has not traveled with the Indian team. It turns out that he traveled to the National Cricket Academy instead (NCA) he shall be replaced by Shreyas Iyer,
Hooda was not in the playing XI in any of the three T20Is against Australia. BCCI On the eve of the final T20 match in Hyderabad, it was said that Hooda would not be available for selection. But with the Baroda star not traveling to Thiruvananthapuram, it seems that he is still not well.
Although the extent of the injury is not known, it is a worrying phenomenon. team india There are only three weeks left for the World T20 in Australia.
Indian team will also be without Hardik pandya And Bhuvneshwar Kumar He has been rested for the series against South Africa and will be reporting to the NCA for conditioning related work.
left arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed Pandya has been included in the team. Both Iyer and Shahbaz are expected to join the squad on Tuesday.
During this, Mohammed Shami Kovid is yet to be overcome and will continue to be so.
The inclusion of Iyer as Hooda’s replacement will further disappoint the local fans here as they are demanding a boy from Thiruvananthapuram. Sanju SamsonHas been included in India’s World Cup squad.
(with inputs from Gaurav Gupta)