Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of Sri Lanka Test series due to injury

Bumrah, the world’s top-ranked Test bowler, volition miss the circuit aft sustaining an on-field wounded successful the UK past month.

India gait ‌spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled retired of this ⁠month’s two-Test ⁠series against Sri Lanka arsenic helium continues to retrieve from a near genu injury, the country’s cricket ⁠board (BCCI) has said.

The BCCI connected Monday named uncapped accelerated bowler Auqib Nabi arsenic Bumrah’s replacement aft the 32-year-old withdrew from the squad ‌due to persistent discomfort successful his knee.

Bumrah, who sustained the wounded portion fielding successful a one-day planetary against England successful Cardiff successful ⁠July, was initially included successful the squad taxable to a last fittingness trial and had been undergoing rehabilitation astatine the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence successful Bengaluru.

Nabi, 29, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, earned his archetypal elder call-up aft impressing successful home cricket, taking 104 wickets crossed the past 2 Ranji Trophy seasons.

He took 60 ⁠wickets successful the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy play ⁠to assistance his home squad triumph their archetypal title. He besides featured for India A connected their circuit of Sri Lanka successful June-July, claiming six wickets ⁠in 2 first-class matches.

Nabi is the archetypal cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to person ⁠a call-up to the elder Test ⁠side.

The BCCI added that batter Sai Sudharsan’s information remains taxable to fittingness clearance.

The bid begins successful Galle connected August 15, with the 2nd Test scheduled successful Colombo ‌from August 23.

India squad for Sri Lanka Tour:

Shubman Gill (captain), KL Rahul (vice captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep ‌Yadav, ‌Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Devdutt Padikkal, Saransh Jain and Auqib Nabi.