Rohit Sharma, Navdeep Saini ruled out of India vs Bangladesh 2nd Test

Rohit has failed to sufficiently recover in time from a thumb dislocation injury that he sustained during the second ODI between the sides on December 7.

Rohit Sharma will miss the second Test against Bangladesh due to injury. (FILE PHOTO) | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K

India captain Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the second Test against Bangladesh which is scheduled to begin in Dhaka on Thursday.

Rohit has failed to sufficiently recover in time from a thumb dislocation injury that he sustained during the ODI series between the teams, prior to the Test series

In Rohit’s absence, stand-in skipper KL Rahul will once again lead the side after its comfortable 188-run win in the first Test in Chattogram.

Rohit sustained a blow to his finger while fielding during the second ODI on December 7 in Mirpur. Rohit left the field with a split webbing and returned to bat in India’s 272-run chase at number 9. The skipper, batting with a dislocated finger, slammed an unbeaten 51 off 28 balls as India suffered a five-run defeat to the host.

Pacer Naveep Saini, who had made a comeback into the Test team, is also out of the game with an abdominal muscle strain.

“Navdeep Saini is also ruled out of the second Test owing to an abdominal muscle strain. The fast bowler will now report to the NCA for further management of his injury,” said the BCCI in a statement.

Saini’s last Test appearance came in Brisbane in January last year when India pulled off a win for the ages.

India’s revised squad for 2nd Test against Bangladesh: KL Rahul (C), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Saurabh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat. PTI BS AH AH

With PTI inputs