Kuldeep Yadav, a wrist spinner with the left arm, has been added to India’s line up for Saturday’s third One-Day International against Bangladesh. The decision was made after injuries prevented three Indian cricketers, including captain Rohit Sharma, from playing in the series finale. In Rohit’s absence, vice captain KL Rahul is expected to lead India.

Kuldeep returned to the Indian limited-overs team during the New Zealand tour, but he was surprisingly unable to participate in any of the T20I or ODI series. Kuldeep was supposed to join the Indian team in Bangladesh ahead of the Test series, but he will now arrive earlier and play in the third match.

Meanwhile, the BCCI stated that a decision regarding the availability of captain Rohit for the two-match Test series would be made later.

“Rohit suffered a blow to his thumb in the second over while fielding in the 2nd ODI. The BCCI Medical Team assessed him and he underwent scans at a local hospital in Dhaka. He has flown to Mumbai for specialist consultation and will miss the final ODI. A call on his availability for the upcoming Test series will be taken later,”

BCCI said.

Kuldeep Sen, who made his debut in the series opener in Mirpur, has been diagnosed with a stress injury while Chahar is down with a hamstring strain again.

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“Fast bowler Kuldeep Sen complained of stiffness in his back after the first ODI. The BCCI medical team assessed him and he was advised rest from the 2nd ODI. Kuldeep has been diagnosed with a stress injury and is ruled out of the series. Fellow fast bowler Deepak Chahar sustained a left hamstring strain during the 2nd ODI and is also ruled out of the series. Both Kuldeep and Deepak will now report to NCA for further management of their injuries,”

the release added.

Rohit expressed his displeasure with the NCA’s role in the recurrence of player injuries following the second ODI without naming Chahar.

India, which has already lost the series, will want to end it on a high note by winning the final ODI and be confident going into the Test series.

Revised India squad for 3rd ODI against Bangladesh:

KL Rahul (C) (WK), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (WK), Shahbaz Ahmed, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Kuldeep Yadav.