Navdeep Saini ruled out India A Series against New Zealand A

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]18 September (ANI): Indian pacemaker Navdeep Saini is ruled out of the India A Series against New Zealand A after suffering a groin injury on day one of the Duleep Trophy semi-final match between North and South Zones. it was done.

“Navdeep Saini suffered a right groin injury on Day 1 of the Duleep Trophy semi-final match between North and South Zones. A. Saini will be heading to the NCA for further management of his injury,” the BCCI said in an official statement.

“The All India Senior Selection Committee has nominated Rishi Dhawan to replace Saini in the India A Team,” it added.

On Friday, the BCCI announced the India A’s squad against the New Zealand A’s for the one-day series in Chennai. India A, under the captaincy of Sanju Samson, will play his three games a day against New Zealand A.

The first game of the series will take place on September 22nd and the second on September 25th. The final and third game of the One Day Series will take place on his September 27th.

Samson has had an amazing Indian Premier League 2022 with his team Rajasthan Royals reaching the final. He scored 458 runs at an average of 28.63 and a strike rate of 146.79 in 17 matches. It’s been two and a half centuries since he hit the plate, and his highest score was 55. In his six T20I matches over five innings this year, Samson averaged 44.75 and he scored 179 runs. He struck a half-century, a 77-run knock against Ireland.

India A Team: Prithvi Shaw, Abhimanyu Iswaran, Ruthraj Gaiquad, Rahul Tripathi, Rajat Patidhar, Sanju Samson (captain), KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Kuldeep Yadav, Shabazz Ahmed, Rahul Chahar, Tilak Verma, Kuldeep Sen, Shadur Thakur, Umran Malik, Rishi Dhawan, Raj Angad Bawa. (Ani)