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  • India vs South Africa 2021-22: Injured Rohit Sharma ruled out of Tests, Priyank Panchal announced replacement

India vs South Africa 2021-22: Injured Rohit Sharma ruled out of Tests, Priyank Panchal announced replacement

Rohit Sharma has suffered an injury during a recent practice session. As a result, he has been ruled out for the Test series in South Africa from December 26, with Priyank Panchal as his replacement.

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Team India has suffered a setback ahead of its Test series for the Freedom Trophy against South Africa, starting December 26. Senior opener Rohit Sharma has sustained an injury during one of the recent practice sessions. Consequently, his participation in the Tests have been ruled out, where he happens to be the vice-captain.

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BCCI secretary Jay Shah has confirmed the development, stating that he has suffered a left hamstring injury. It reportedly took place during a training session in Mumbai on Sunday. Shah further declared that uncapped Gujarat cricketer has been roped in as his replacement.

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Rohit's absence might come as a tremendous blow for the side. He has been the highest run-scorer in the longest format for India this year. Also, if ruled out, it would be enjoyable to see if India hands back the deputy captaincy role to Ajinkya Rahane and give it to KL Rahul.

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Since the 2019 home series against South Africa, Rohit has amassed 1462 runs in 16 Tests at an average of 58.48, including five centuries. He was also the Man of the Match for his innings of 127 that handed India the win over England at The Oval a few months back.

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As for Panchal, he was among the reserves during the England tour this year. To date, he has played 100 First-Class games, scoring 7,011 runs at 45.52, including 24 tins and 25 half-centuries, with a top score of an unbeaten 314. He also led India A in the just-happened tour of South Africa, scoring 96, 24 and 0 in three innings of the unofficial Test series.

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IND squad for SA Tests: Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul (wk), Priyank Panchal, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Siraj.

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