Suryakumar Yadav out of Sri Lanka T20Is

Deepak Chahar out of the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, which begins with the first game on Thursday at Lucknow, it has emerged that star batsman Suryakumar Yadav too will not be available for the series due to a hairline fracture on his hand. At this late stage, with the bio-bubble protocols in place, the BCCI is unlikely to announce a replacement for both Chahar and Yadav.

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A hamstring pull while bowling in the third T20I against the West Indies at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata will keep pacer Deepak Chahar out of the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, TOI has learnt. The series begins with the first game on Thursday in Lucknow.

The squad size has now been reduced to 16. The last two T20Is will be played in Dharamsala on February 26 and 27. The 31-year-old Yadav had smashed a 31-ball 65 against the West Indies in the third T20I at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. Chahar, who sustained a hamstring injury while bowling in the third T20I against the West Indies, will now head to the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.