The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Shahbaz Ahmed as a replacement for Washington Sundar for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, the board said in a statement on Tuesday.
Notably, Sundar had injured his shoulder while playing a County game in England and has been ruled out of the Zimbabwe tour.
India will play the first ODI against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on August 18 while the remaining two games will be held at the same venue on August 20 and 22.
India’s squad for 3 ODIs:
KL Rahul (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan (vice-captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Shahbaz Ahmed.