Jayant Yadav, Saini added to India ODI squad for South Africa tour; Washington Sundar ruled out
Mumbai, Jan 12: Indian off-spinner Washington Sundar was on Wednesday ruled out of the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa after testing positive for COVID-19 and Jayant Yadav was named as his replacement for the assignment starting January 19.
Pacer Navdeep Saini was also added to the ODI squad as a backup for pacer Mohammed Siraj, who is recovering from a hamstring injury.
"Team India off-spinner Washington Sundar has been ruled out of the forthcoming ODI series against South Africa after testing positive for COVID-19 during the camp in Bengaluru," the BCCI said in a statement.
"Sundar was supposed to travel to Cape Town with the ODI members on Wednesday and join the rest of the squad ahead of the ODI series starting January 19th," it added.
The five-member selection panel, headed by former India pacer Chetan Sharma, has named Jayant as Washington's replacement.
Siraj is still recovering from his hamstring injury that he sustained in the second Test against South Africa in Johannesburg.
The ODI series against South Africa begins in Paarl on January 19. The second ODI is scheduled at the same venue on January 21, following which the team will travel to Cape Town for the series-finale.
Squad: KL Rahul (Captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj, Jayant Yadav, Navdeep Saini.
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15 passengers sustain minor injuries after KSRTC bus overturns in Karnataka's Chitradurga district
Chitradurga (Karnataka) (PTI): Fifteen passengers sustained minor injuries after the KSRTC bus they were travelling in overturned after the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle in this district on Tuesday morning, police said.
The accident occurred near Heggare in Challakere taluk of Chitradurga district at around 7 am, they said.
According to police, the bus was en route from Raichur to Bengaluru when the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle, hit a divider and the bus overturned.
Fifteen passengers sustained minor injuries and were shifted to the Challakere Government Hospital, they said.
The accident is suspected to have occurred due to the driver losing control after falling asleep, police said.
Further investigation is underway, they added.
