The Indian cricket team is consistently performing well in the field and is winning. But off the field, the team is also constantly facing fitness problems. Many players of the team are constantly battling with injuries and one more name has been added to this list. Team's young opener Ruturaj Gaikwad has been ruled out of the ongoing T20 series against Sri Lanka due to injury. According to a report, Rituraj will not be able to play even in the matches to be held in Dharamsala on 26th and 27th. Mayank Agarwal has been added to the team as a backup in place of Rituraj .
Rituraj Gaikwad was scheduled to play in the first T20 match against Sri Lanka played in Lucknow, but just before the match he suffered an injury to his right wrist. Captain Rohit Sharma had given information about this. The Board of Control for Cricket in India had also issued an update saying that Rituraj was facing trouble in batting due to a wrist injury. The board had told that the medical team was examining him.
Mayank reached Dharamshala from Chandigarh
Now the new information in this matter is that this young batsman will have to sit out of the entire series. According to the report of Cricbuzz, senior opener Mayank Agarwal has been immediately sent to Dharamsala as a replacement for Rituraj. Mayank has been linked with Team India as a backup opener. Mayank Agarwal is currently in Chandigarh with Indian players preparing for the Test series. In such a situation, it was easy for the team management to transfer Mayank from one bio-bubble to another. Earlier, Mayank was also included as a backup for the ODI series against West Indies.
Rituraj's bad luck
For Rituraj Gaikwad, there are constant obstacles in the way of making a place in Team India. Earlier, just before the ODI series against the West Indies, he was hit by a corona infection and could not play in all three matches. Then in the T20 series with West Indies, he got a chance to play only one match.
The last few years have not been good for the Indian team in terms of fitness of the players. Vice-captain KL Rahul and all-rounder Washington Sundar had already been ruled out of the series against West Indies due to injuries. At the same time, after the Windies T20 series, Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav also got hurt and they also had to sit out of this series.