New Delhi, 10/3 (AO Bureau): The Indian team suffered double blows in the first five T20 matches against England. Mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty has failed to pass the fitness test for the second time in a row and he is now out of the series. On the other hand, Yorker expert T Natarajan is undergoing rehabilitation process at the National Cricket Academy and his playing in the opening matches is doubtful. Earlier, Chakraborty was selected in Team India for the T20 series against Australia but due to injury, he was dropped from the team. Varun Chakraborty had done well for Kolkata Knight Riders in the previous season, after which he got a place in Team India. After the injury, Varun Chakraborty was placed in the National Cricket Academy. However, he failed to pass the Yo-Yo test here.
Rahul Chahar can get a place
According to media reports, Rahul Chahar may get a chance in the Indian T20 team. Rahul Chahar was ignored by the selectors earlier but now he can be included in the team in place of Varun Chakraborty. Let me tell you that Rahul Chahar was associated with Team India as a standby player during the Test series against England.
India’s team: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakraborty, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatiaa, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur.
England team: Oyen Morgan, Moeen Ali, Joffra Archer, Johnny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jose Butler, Sam Curren, Tom Curren, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, David Malan, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stocks, Topley, and Mark Wood .
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