Kuldeep Yadav has been named as Washington Sundar’s replacement in India’s T20I squad against West Indies. The two sides will lock horns for a three-match series starting February 16 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. 

Sundar has been ruled out with a left hamstring muscle strain. The 22-year-old suffered the injury during the third T20I versus West Indies in Ahmedabad. He had also missed the ODI series against South Africa after testing positive for COVID-19. 

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“All-rounder Washington Sundar suffered a left hamstring muscle strain during fielding in the third ODI against the West Indies played at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday. He is ruled out of the upcoming three-match Paytm T20I Series to be played in Kolkata from 16th February,” the BCCI said.

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With Axar Patel already out of the squad due to an injury and Washington also ruled out, the Indian team was left with only Yuzvendra Chahal as its frontline spinner before the selectors added Kuldeep to the squad.

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“Washington has suffered a hamstring strain and hence didn’t practice on the day. It seems there is a possibility that he would miss the entire series with three T20 matches in just five days,” a veteran BCCI official had earlier told PTI on the condition of anonymity.

Rohit Sharma and co won the three-match ODI series 3-0. In the first game, they chased a 178-run target with sex wickets and 22 overs to spare. In the second ODI at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India won by  44 runs and they defeated the West Indies by 96 runs in the last game of the series.