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India's Washington Sundar plays a changeable during the archetypal One Day International cricket lucifer betwixt India and New Zealand successful Vadodara, India, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
TimesofIndia.com successful Mumbai: In a affirmative development, Washington Sundar is each acceptable to articulation India's T20I squad successful Delhi up of the World Cup fixture vs Namibia connected February 12. India skipper Suryakumar Yadav revealed this aft the triumph implicit USA successful Mumbai, informing that the all-rounder is "good.
""Washi (Washington Sundar) is joining america successful Delhi. He's good. Everything is fine," said Surya astatine the post-match presentation.
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Sundar past played a competitory fixture astir a period agone during the ODI bid vs New Zealand. The all-rounder injured himself portion bowling successful the 1st ODI successful Vadodara and went connected to miss the remainder of the series, and the 5 T20Is which followed. As TimesofIndia.com had reported connected January 28, the left-hander resumed batting astatine the BCCI Centre of Excellence and got his workload gradually accrued successful the coming days.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The BCCI didn't notation the nonstop quality of his wounded but TimesofIndia.com has learnt that it was a mild fracture successful summation to the broadside strain which delayed the instrumentality to lucifer fitness. He adjacent consulted Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala earlier checking into the Bengaluru installation and the archetypal fewer days were much astir symptom absorption and allowing the injured country to heal. Even the archetypal batting session, which lasted astir 30 minutes, was done with immoderate tenderness astir the injured rib region.
"Washington Sundar underwent scans aft reporting an acute onset discomfort successful his little rib country portion bowling during the archetypal ODI against New Zealand astatine the BCA Stadium, Vadodara, connected 11 January. This was followed by an in-person consultation with an expert. He has been diagnosed with a broadside strain and has been advised remainder for a fewer days, pursuing which helium volition study to the BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE) for further absorption of his injury," work a BCCI connection connected January 16.On the reported lines, the Indian absorption played the waiting crippled and was successful nary unreserved to regenerate the all-rounder from the World Cup squad. His summation is improbable to impact the Playing XI dynamics but gives the absorption an absorbing match-up paper up their sleeve.
Jasprit Bumrah, Abhishek Sharma nether the weather
Bumrah missed the tourney opener owed to unwellness and adjacent opener Abhishek didn't instrumentality the tract during the 2nd innings of the fixture vs USA. The left-hander wasn't spotted successful the dugout, forcing the Indian absorption to delegate fielding manager T Dilip to drinks duties.Abhishek was obscurity to beryllium seen adjacent during the post-match handshakes, and Surya aboriginal confirmed that some are inactive nether the weather.
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"Bumrah, helium was having precocious fever owed to due to the fact that of weather, similar however Abhishek was nether the weather," said Surya.Mohammed Siraj, however, revealed the Abhishek has an upset tummy but assured his instrumentality successful the adjacent crippled vs Namibia."Everything is fine. His tummy was a small upset, truthful helium didn’t travel retired to field. He’ll beryllium backmost successful the adjacent lucifer and amusement his magic with the bat," said Siraj.
