Ravindra Jadeja
Axar Patel replaces injured Ravindra Jadeja in Asia Cup squad
Mumbai: Injured Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out from the ongoing Asia Cup and Axar Patel has been named as his replacement, BCCI said in a statement on Saturday.
Jadeja played a significant role in India's victory against Pakistan in a group stage match of Asia Cup.
"Ravindra Jadeja has sustained a right knee injury and is ruled out of the tournament. He is currently under the supervision of the BCCI medical team," BCCI said in a statement.
His replacement, Axar Patel was earlier named as one of the standbys in the squad and will join the team in Dubai soon.
India’s squad for Asia Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan
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