IND vs BAN Test: India Squad Bangladesh Test: Ravindra Jadeja Injury: India’s star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is out of Test series against Bangladesh. Jadeja is currently recovering from his knee surgery. However, with short turnaround for Bangladesh Test series, he will miss out. Instead, he will prepare for a return in home series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand in January. Suryakumar Yadav and Saruabh Kumar are on standby for the two-match Test series against Bangladesh. Follow India vs Bangladesh LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
While the selectors picked Jadeja for the ODI series against Bangladesh and put a fitness test condition on his inclusion in Test, he will not make it. InsideSport understands that Jadeja is yet to fully recover completely from the knee surgery. As per doctors’ advise, he is currently on rest. He has not begun full-fledged training to give the knee time to heal.
“No, he will not make it in time for the Test series. We were hoping he could return. But Jadeja needs time. The medical team has advised him to take it easy. He has a history of knee problems and we don’t want to rush his return to gruelling Test-match action yet,” a selection committee member told InsideSport.
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Jadeja is currently utilising his time off cricket, campaigning for wife Rivaba Jadeja in Gujarat Assembly Elections. Rivaba is a BJP candidate from Jamnagar (North) constituency.
Ravindra Jadeja is out of action since the middle of Asia Cup. He missed most of the games in Asia Cup and underwent knee surgery in Mumbai. After being ruled out of the T20 World Cup, he is currently in rehab.
ભારત દેશ નુ અને જામનગર શહેર નુ ગૌરવ જેમને આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય ક્રિકેટ ક્ષેત્રે અનેક સિદ્ધિઓ પ્રાપ્ત કરી દેશ નું અને જામનગર નું ગૌરવ વધારેલ તેવા ઓલ રાઉન્ડર ક્રિકેટર શ્રી @imjadeja નો ભવ્ય રોડ શો. 1/1 pic.twitter.com/XVFEXYkBHq
— Rivaba Ravindrasinh Jadeja (@Rivaba4BJP) November 24, 2022
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Meanwhile, the selectors have put Suryakumar Yadav and Saurabh Kumar for call-ups. Left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar will be with India A team in Bangladesh. For Suryakumar, who received a call-up for the England tour last year, is currently in NewZealand for the ODI series. He will get a break after the NZ tour.
“Surya and Saurabh are on standby. But we will take a call after the India A series. Axar will be there with the team and has an excellent Test record in the subcontinent. For Surya, he is in excellent form but the focus is on white-ball cricket. He hasn’t played much red-ball cricket. So, we don’t want to throw him to Test cricket immediately,” the selection committee member said.
However, India will not face much trouble in Jadeja’s absence. Axar Patel will be with the squad in Bangladesh and he is the frontrunner to feature in both Tests.
India’s squad for Bangladesh Tests: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav
India’s tour of Bangladesh, 2022 – Test series | |||
Sr. No. | Date | Match | Venue |
1 | 14th – 18th December | 1st Test | ZACS, Chattogram |
2 | 22nd – 26th December | 2nd Test | SBNCS, Mirpur |
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