Indian all-rounder Vijay Shankar was on Monday ruled out of the ongoing World Cup due to a toe injury and is likely to be replaced by Mayank Agarwal. Karnataka opener Agarwal, 28, who made his Test debut against Australia last year, has not yet played in the ODI format.
"Vijay Shankar sustained a non-displaced fracture of the left big toe, which will require a minimum of three weeks to heal. The injury rules him out of the ongoing World Cup," confirmed the BCCI on Monday.
"Vijay got hit on the toe by a Jasprit Bumrah delivery once again. His situation is not great and he won't be able to take part in the tournament. He is going back home," a senior BCCI official said. "The Indian team management is likely to ask for Mayank Agarwal as replacement since he is an opener and also it might give KL Rahul a chance to get back to the No.4 position in case Rishabh Pant fails in the next two games," the source added.
In fact, Rohit Sharma had mentioned Shankar's injury but it was presumed to be an old hit that he took at Southampton. It is expected that Agarwal's name will be approved by the ICC's tournament technical committee and the player will arrive at Birmingham and travel to Leeds subsequently.
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India lost their previous match to England by 31 runs at Birmingham on Sunday and will take on Bangladesh at the same venue on Tuesday. With 11 points, the Men in Blue are placed second in the points table, behind Australia, the only team to have made it to the semis so far with 14 points.
Vijay Shankar is the second Indian player to be ruled out of the current World Cup tournament due to injury scare. Earlier, opening bastman Shikhar Dhawan was replaced with young Rishabh Pant after the former suffered a left-hand thumb fracture during India's match against Australia.
(With PTI inputs)
