Rishabh Pant Out of New Zealand A Series Due to Side Strain
Summary
Rishabh Pant has been ruled out of the first two unofficial Tests against New Zealand A due to a side strain, and Kumar Kushagra has been named as his replacement. Pant’s availability for the third match on November 7 will be decided later.
Key Points
- Rishabh Pant has been ruled out of the first two unofficial Tests against New Zealand A because of a side strain.
- The BCCI has replaced him with 21-year-old wicketkeeper Kumar Kushagra, who recently scored a century for India A against Australia A.
- Pant suffered the injury during the Irani Cup and is currently being treated by the BCCI medical team.
- The India A team, led by Dhruv Jurel, will travel to New Zealand on October 16 for a three-match series.
