Shikhar Dhawan to replace injured Murali Vijay
Vijay complained of pain in his right wrist while playing a preparatory match
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Shikhar Dhawan to replace injured Murali Vijay for India’s tour of Sri Lanka, 2017
Vijay, who had suffered a wrist injury during Australia’s tour of India, has complained of pain in his right wrist, while playing a preparatory match. The BCCI medical team has therefore advised that Vijay should continue his rehabilitation program.
The team is as follows:
Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice captain), Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin, R Jadeja, W Saha (wk), Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, M Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhinav Mukund.
S.No. | Date | Match | Venue |
1 | July 21-22 | Warm-up | Colombo (Moratuwa) |
2 | July 26-30 | 1st Test | GICS, Galle |
3 | Aug 3-7 | 2nd Test | SSC, Colombo |
4 | Aug 12-16 | 3rd Test | PICS, Kandy |
Amitabh Choudhary
Acting Hony. Secretary
BCCI