The Selection Committee met on Sunday to pick certain replacements after receiving injury reports and updates from the BCCI Medical Team. As per the recent development, spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been ruled out of the T20I series owing to a shoulder injury. The selectors have named T Natarajan as a replacement.
Reacting on the development, Warner shared a video message congratulating he left-arm yorker specialist on his maiden national call-up.
Natarajan recently earned great fame for his lethal yorkers in the death overs in the ongoing thirteenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020). Playing for the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Natarajan became a key play for the Warner & Co. with his attacking spell and taking away as many as 16 wickets in the mage sporting event.
The Hyderabad based Orange Unit made to the Qualifier 2 in IPL 2020 but lost the chance after being knocked out by Delhi Capitals by 17 runs on Sunday to bow out of the 13th edition of the IPL.
The all-format bilateral series between Smith-led 'Baggy Greens' and Virat Kohli-led India ill get underway with the 3-match ODIs, followed by as many T20 internationals (T20Is) and four Test matches. The mega sporting tour is slated to be held in November'20 to January'21.
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