ICC Champions Trophy: Three Players Who Can Replace An Injured Yuvraj Singh

May 14, 2017 at 12:11 PM

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ICC Champions Trophy: Three Players Who Can Replace An Injured Yuvraj Singh

A good show in the One-Day International series against England earlier this year might have given Yuvraj Singh a place in the Indian Team for the ICC Champions Trophy but the star batsman’s participation in the upcoming tournament is under doubt following a finger injury as well as a calf injury.

The 35-year old had suffered the injury while he was fielding at point against Mumbai Indians last week. Trying to stop a cut shot by Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj hurt his finger and immediately sat down before being treated by the physio. The injury also forced him to miss Sunrisers Hyderabad’s final league game against Gujarat Lions on Saturday (May 13).

With just a couple of weeks remaining before India embarks on its journey to defend the title in England, the left-handed batsman is in a race against time to get fit. But in case, the senior batsman fails to recover in time, the Indian team will have to select one player from the backup list for the eight-team tournament. The national selectors, while naming the 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy, also announced a 5-man list of standby players to get picked into the team in case of any emergency of replacing any injured player in the team. The five players are Rishabh Pant, Suresh Raina, Kuldeep Yadav, Dinesh Karthik and Shardul Thakur.

So here, we are taking a look at the players from this list who can replace Yuvraj if he fails to recover in time:

Rishabh Pant:

The 19-year old hard-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman was one of the most notable players to miss out on a place in the team. Considered as the next big thing in Indian cricket, Pant has been making waves with his extraordinary exploits with the bat in the domestic circuit. The 19-year old grabbed the attention when he scored a belligerent 308 off 326 balls against Maharashtra in Ranji Trophy last year. He followed it up with a 48-ball hundred against Jharkhand, one of the fastest first-class centuries by an Indian. He finished Ranji Trophy as its fourth-highest run-getter with 972 runs in only 8 outings including four centuries and a couple of the fifties.

The left-handed batsman continued the same form in the ongoing Indian Premier League, scoring 321 runs in 13 matches including the stunning 43-ball 97 runs knock that helped the Delhi Daredevils to chase down 208 against Gujarat Lions.

Suresh Raina:

 

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Another player who can replace Yuvraj is Suresh Raina. The left-handed batsman, who has lost his place in the national team owing to a poor performance in the last couple of years, played his last ODI in October 2015 but his recent form in the ongoing IPL can convince the selectors to consider him in case Yuvraj does not get fit in time. In 14 matches, he has scored 442 runs at an impressive average of over 40. Moreover, his experience can also tilt the balance in his favour.

Dinesh Karthik:

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The wicketkeeper-batsman is another top contender to claim a spot in the team. The 31-year old, who last played for India way back in 2014, has enjoyed a highly fruitful domestic season where he led Tamil Nadu to their fifth Vijay Hazare title by scoring 112 in the final against Bengal. He finished the 50-overs tournament as the top run-getter averaging 86.71, while scoring 607 runs in nine matches. In the Ranji Trophy, he scored 704 runs in 10 matches at an average of 54.15.

He continued his red-hot form in the Duleep Trophy too where he scored 211 runs in the three games he played for India Blue. He also led Tamil Nadu to Deodhar Trophy title by scoring 247 runs in 3 matches. His form in the IPL has been equally impressive where he has amassed 361 runs in 14 outings at an average of a shade over 36.

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