Indian left-hander Suresh Raina will miss the second One-Day International in New Zealand on Thursday after failing to recover from the bout of viral fever that kept him out of the first ODI on Sunday as well.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India made the announcement on their website on Tuesday.
"The BCCI Medical team has confirmed that Suresh Raina, who is recovering from a bout of viral fever and had missed the Dharamsala ODI, is ruled out of the second ODI of the Paytm ODI Trophy against New Zealand," said the release.
It also added that Raina had been given more time to recover and no replacement had been announced,
The left-hander was in line to making a comeback to the Indian ODI team after a gap of a year after receiving a call-up ahead of India's first three ODIs against New Zealand.
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