Mumbai: The Indian cricket team suffered a big blow before the ODI against England and the upcoming Zimbabwe T20 series. Two pillars of the team – Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarth (Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarth) got injured.
The Indian Cricket Board announced the names of two cricketers as their replacements. It has been informed that Prince Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi have been included in the team as a replacement for Harshit and Varun.
During the toss in the fourth T20 match against England on Thursday, it was revealed that Varun and Harshit were dropped due to injuries. Team India suffered a big blow. Two stars were knocked out due to injury. Forced to exclude them, India had to enter the field in a life-death match.
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Prince Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi named as replacements for injured Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy in #TeamIndia‘s squads for #ENGvIND ODIs and #ZIMvIND T20Is, respectively.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) July 12, 2026
Later, the Indian Cricket Board announced in a statement that Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty – both cricketers are suffering from hamstring injuries. Among them, Harshit Rana had recently returned to the national team after recovering from a knee injury. IPLHe could not play. He was injured again. Even wonder spinner Varun Chakraborty could not play at Trent Bridge. The Indian Cricket Board has said in a statement that the medical team of the national team has checked and said that the two cricketers will not be able to play in the remaining two matches.
Changed the ODI series against England Indian team
Shubman Gill (captain), Shreyas Iyer (co-captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat KohliKL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Akshar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Yashpreet Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar and Prince Yadav.
Modified T20 series against Zimbabwe Indian team
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma (co-captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Rinku Singh, Harsh Dubey, Prince Yadav, Yash Thakur, Ashok Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Prabhasimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Ravi Bishnoi.