World Cup 2019: Kedar Jadhav declared fit, will travel to England with team

Team India physio Patrick Farhart submitted Jadhav's fitness report, which cleared him. The fitness test was conducted on Thursday in Mumbai.

All-rounder Kedar Jadhav has been declared fully fit for the upcoming ODI World Cup, to be held in UK from May 30. After a few hamstring injuries in the past, the middle-order superstar sustained a shoulder injury with the World Cup less than a month away. The injury happened during the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) match with Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the recently concluded IPL. Kedar walked off and didn't take the field anymore. However, several reports claimed that it looks more like an impact injury and the player should be fine in two weeks. Team India physio Patrick Farhart submitted Jadhav's fitness report, which cleared him. The fitness test was conducted on Thursday in Mumbai. "Kedar's injury was not a serious one and he has fully recovered now. All 15 players who were picked in the squad are travelling to UK," a team source said. As per the ICC rules, changes in the 15-member preliminary squad are permitted till May 23. Speculation was rife that if Jadhav will not recover, wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant will replace him in the squad. Jadhav has scored 1174 runs in 59 ODIs with a strike rate of 102.53, having made his 50-over debut against Sri Lanka in 2014. India will start their World Cup campaign against South Africa on June 5. They will play warm-up matches on May 25 and 28 against New Zealand and Bangladesh respectively.