India pacer Harshit Rana is unlikely to be fit in time for the three match series against Afghanistan beginning here on September 13.
He will need more time,” said a BCCI source. Rana, who last played for India on the England tour, was included in the India squad for the three games in Delhi subject to fitness. He was also named in the Asian Games squad. “He has not yet fully recovered from his hamstring injury. Rana was nursing a hamstring injury like Washington Sundar, who has been deemed fit for the Afghanistan series.
After the Afghanistan series, India play a one-off game against Japan in Tokyo on September 22. They open their Asian Games on September 28. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
“Both Bumrah and Reddy are on track for their comeback,” the source added. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Nitish Reddy, nursing knee and quadriceps injury respectively, were also included in the India squad subject to fitness. Bumrah has been out of action since India’s ODI tour to England in July with a left knee injury.
