Injured Harshal Patel set to be sidelined for Asia Cup

Harshal Patel is good to go to miss the Asia Cup and is a dicey starter for the World Cup as well. The India pacer, a virtual Twenty20 expert known for assortment and trickery in his bowling, is figured out how to be experiencing a side strain that could avoid him with regards to thought. The crew is supposed to be declared on August 8.

Harshal (31) is at present with the Indian group in the US for the five-match T20I series against West Indies however has not highlighted in the initial three games.

Later on Saturday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) gave a report on Harshal injury status expressing that he "has not completely recuperated from his rib injury and is administered out of the excess two T20Is against West Indies."

The side strain likewise endangers him of passing up the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia in October-November as the injury needs four to about a month and a half of rest and recovery. His World Cup chances rely on how quick he recuperates and on get back from the US, will be approached to enlist in the National Cricket Academy (NCA). Harshal, who has played 17 T20Is since his presentation in November last year, has not played since July 10, when India played England at Nottingham.

Harshal's nonattendance could give a decent open door to Deepak Chahar, who has been sidelined because of a hamstring injury since February however picked for the three-ODI Zimbabwe series not long from now.

Virat Kohli and KL Rahul are additionally set to be back in the blend for the Asia Cup. Both have missed the West Indies series for various reasons - Rahul was down with Covid and Kohli quit. A ton will rely upon the contributions of mentor Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma, whom the selectors will address after the finish of the matches in the US. The Asia Cup will be held in UAE from August 27 to September 11.