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India’s spin-bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar has been ruled out of the remainder of the three-ODI series against New Zealand due to a rib injury, confirmed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on January 12. Sundar sustained the injury in the series opener in Vadodara. He walked out to bat and showed signs of discomfort, walking between the wickets in the run chase. The Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee has handed Delhi all-rounder Ayush Badoni his maiden call-up.
“India all-rounder Washington Sundar reported an acute onset discomfort in his left lower rib area while bowling during the first ODI against New Zealand at the BCA Stadium, Vadodara, on Sunday. He will undergo further scans, following which the BCCI Medical Team will seek expert opinion,” the BCCI said in a statement.
Badoni will link up with the squad in Rajkot for the second ODI. The 26-year-old is an all-rounder from Delhi. He plays for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He had worked with head coach Gautam Gambhir when he was a mentor at LSG.
Badoni’s List A numbers
Badoni has played 27 List A games so far, scoring 693 runs from 22 innings at an average of 36.47, including a century and five fifties. With the ball, the off-spinner has 18 wickets at an average of 29.72. His economy rate in the format is 4.54 runs per over.
India’s updated ODI squad for remainder of New Zealand series -
Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Shreyas Iyer (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ayush Badoni.
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