Rishabh Pant flies to England as backup for Shikhar Dhawan

Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant has left for England as a backup to injured opener Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan, however, will remain in England and will be under the supervision of BCCI medical team. The BCCI has given green signal to Pant to go to England. Pant will start practicing after joining Team India.

When the team was selected for the World Cup then Pant had been ignored by the selectors who had chosen Dinesh Karthik. However, this 21-year-old player will not be available for selection in the next Playing XI, because Pant will have the possibility of getting an opportunity only after taking a final decision on Dhawan. According to the news, the Indian team will submit to the ICC Technical team the entire report related to Dhawan’s injuries. After this the replacement will be requested.

Rishabh Pant has played 5 ODIs for Team India so far. This time in IPL, he scored 488 runs at an average of 37.53 in Delhi capitals, with three half-centuries. During this period, his strike rate was 162.66.

Dhawan has a fracture in his thumb and for this reason he can be away from the field for three weeks. It is feared that he will not be able to play in two matches with New Zealand and Pakistan.

India-New Zealand match may be washed out due to rain in Nottingham

In the ongoing Cricket World Cup hosted by England and Wales, rain has played spoilsport already in 3 matches. Two matches of the current tournament were washed away without even the toss due to rain. While a match was washed out.

Team India, who have won two consecutive wins in the World Cup 2019, can also have a rain affected match. Statistician Mohandas Menon tweeted that there is a 90% probability of rain in Nottingham tomorrow. Just two weeks into the marquee ICC event and this has already become the most rain affected world cup.