The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday declared pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar fit and said he will be a part of India A squad in the ongoing Quadrangular series. “Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been declared fit and will be a part of the India A squad in the ongoing Quadrangular series,” the BCCI said in a statement.
Kumar had aggravated his lower back injury while playing India’s One-day International series against England recently. He was subsequently ruled out of the ongoing India-England Test series and had to undergo recovery training at the National Cricket Academy at Bengaluru.
Kumar will play against South Africa A on August 29 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium as Shreyas Iyer-led India A will battle it out for the third position in the Quadrangular series. India A are already out of the Quadrangular series as they could manage just nine points. They lost to South Africa A on Monday by three wickets.
India A Squad:
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Ravikumar Samarth, Suryakumar Yadav, Hanuma Vihari, Nitish Rana, Sanju Samson, Mayank Markande, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Siraj, Shivam Mavi, K Khaleel Ahmed, Ambati Rayudu.
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