A fit-again Jasprit Bumrah will headline India\u2019s pace attack in the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka and Australia in January next year while vice-captain Rohit Sharma was on Monday rested from the series versus the islanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bumrah was out with a stress fracture but has now got the go ahead of Indian team physio Nitin Patel to play Gujarat\u2019s next Ranji Trophy game in Surat.Senior opener Shikhar Dhawan is also back in both the squads, while pacer Mohammed Shami got a break from the T20 series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJasprit Bumrah is back in both the teams for Sri Lanka and Australia and we have rested Rohit Sharma and Mohammed Shami for the Sri Lanka T20s. Shikhar Dhawan also comes back and Sanju Samson will be the back-up opener in T20s,\u201d chairman of selectors MSK Prasad told reporters at an informal gathering after squad selection here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India will take on Sri Lanka in three T20 Internationals from January 5, followed by three ODIs against Australia from January 14. However, it was bad news for the fast-rising Deepak Chahar, who has aggravated his back injury and will be out till the start of next year\u2019s IPL. His injury means that Navdeep Saini will continue to be in the squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rohit has appeared in 47 matches across formats this year, three more than even skipper Virat Kohli and a break was long on the cards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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