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his back late on Monday evening, while series against New Zealand in June to en-
vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane has mild able continued management of the finger
swelling around his left upper hamstring injury he sustained during the Indian Pre-
which has been addressed by an injection. mier League. Jofra Archer (right elbow)
On Tuesday, Indians won the toss and and Chris Woakes (bruised heel) are both
opted to bat against County Select XI. unavailable due to injury. Archer contin-
The likes of Mohammed Shami and Ishant ues to progress following elbow surgery but
Sharma have also been rested for the game. is not ready at this point to return to Test
KL Rahul hit a classy hundred while Ravin- cricket. Woakes suffered a bruised heel last
dra Jadeja scored a gutsy fifty (75) to revive week and is expected to be available later in
Indians’ innings on Day One of the three- the series.
day warm-up game. Stokes captained England to a 3-0 series
At stumps, India ended at 306/9 as Ra- win in the Royal London Series against Pa-
hul and Jadeja headlined the visitors’ show kistan earlier this month and has since rest-
with standout performances. ed from cricket to optimise his preparation
The BCCI on Wednesday informed that ahead of the India Tests.
pacer Avesh Khan remains under observa- “Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow and Sam
tion after sustaining a blow to his left thumb Curran also come back into the Test squad.
on Day 1 of the ongoing three-day warm- Ollie Robinson is included after he took
up game between Indians and County Se- County XI skipper Will Rhodes with Indian Skipper seven wickets on his Test debut against the
lect XI. “UPDATE - Fast bowler Avesh Rohit Sharma at toss during a three-day warm-up Black Caps at Lord’s,” stated ECB in an of-
Khan remains under observation of the match between India and a County select XI at ficial release.
BCCI Medical Team. He will not be taking the Riverside in Durham on Tuesday. (ANI) England squad: Joe Root (c), Ben
any further part on Day 2 and Day 3 of the Stokes, Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Jos
warm-up game,” tweeted BCCI. Buttler, Mark Wood, Sam Curran, James
India cricketers Washington Sundar and Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Dominic Bess,
Avesh had been picked in the playing XI Stuart Broad, Zak Crawley, Haseeb Ha-
for the County Select XI for the three-day meed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie
warm-up game. Pope, Ollie Robinson.

gill goes back home ipL to resume in september
India batsman Shubman Gill has re- Jay Shah, the Secretary of the Board
turned back home after being ruled out of of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on
the five-match Test series against England. Wednesday said that the board is taking the
Gill posted an Instagram story of him Indian Premier League’s (IPL) remarkable
arriving back in India and his family wel- journey to the UAE again.
coming him with a cake. He suffered a shin Shah met Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak
injury and he was ruled out for eight weeks Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirates Minis-
in what came as a huge blow for Team India try of Culture, Youth, and Social Develop-
going into the Test series against England. ment and Khalid Al Zarooni. The BCCI
Sources told ANI that the injury hap- Secretary posted the photos on Twitter
pened after the World Test Championship and he captioned the post as: “Taking @
final. IPL’s remarkable journey to the #UAE
“He has a shin injury which he has sus- again! Thank you, H.E. Sheikh Nahayan
tained after the WTC final against New Mabarak Al Nahyan & Khalid Al Zarooni
Zealand and will need around eight weeks for your lasting friendship and vision. We
to recover,” the source explained. will overcome trying times and challenges,
This now means the Indian team man- India's KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja together.”
agement will have to look at going ahead during a three-day warm-up match between India The IPL’s 14th edition will be completed
with either Mayank Agarwal or KL Rahul and a County select XI at the Riverside in Durham in the UAE. The IPL is set to get under-
as the second opener with Rohit Sharma. on Tuesday. (ANI) way on September 19 and the final is to be
Gill did not have a great outing in the played on October 15.
World Test Championship (WTC) final England earlier this year. Following discussions between the
against New Zealand as he recorded scores BCCI, Caribbean Premier League (CPL),
of just 28 and 8 runs. He got off to a good stokes back in england squad and Cricket West Indies (CWI), the dates

start in the first innings but failed to convert England men’s head coach Chris Sil- of this year’s T20 tournament have been
it into a big score and gave a disappointing verwood on Wednesday named a 17-player amended.
performance in the second innings. squad for the opening two Tests of the five- The CPL will now start on August 26
After the stunning debut in the Aus- match series against India starting at Trent and will conclude on September 15. “This
tralia series, Gill has faced a lean patch Bridge on August 4. year’s tournament will be played in St Kitts
with the bat and big scores eluded him All-rounder Ben Stokes returns to the and Nevis with all 33 matches taking place
even in the four-match Test series against Test squad after he missed the two-match at Warner Park,” stated an official release.

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