Zaheer Ruled out of Series against Sri Lanka


New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) India's pace spearhead Zaheer Khan has been ruled out of the away Test series against Sri Lanka with a shoulder injury.

Karnataka seamer Abhimanyu Mithun has been named as Zaheer's replacement.

"Zaheer Khan has been ruled out of the forthcoming Sri Lanka series because of a shoulder injury. The national selection committee has chosen to replace him with Abhimanyu Mithun," Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary N.Srinivasan said in a statement here Tuesday. 

India will play three Tests against Sri Lanka with the first Test scheduled at Galle July 18. 

India will also play an ODI tri-series, also featuring New Zealand, starting Aug 10. 

The squad for the tri-series will be announced later. 

 

  

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