NEW DELHI (India): Left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan is likely to miss the One-Day International series against the touring West Indies, the BCCI said in a statement on Tuesday.
Dhawan, who mised the T20I series due to injury, was initially picked up for both T20Is and ODIs but the southpaw was ruled out of the three-match T20I series due to a knee injury.
He sustained the injury during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Maharashtra.
“The BCCI Medical Team assessed him to review the healing of his wound. The BCCI Medical Team has suggested that Dhawan needs some more time for his stitches to come off and his wound to heal completely,” BCCI had said in their report before the start of T20I series.
Earlier, Sanju Samson was called in as replacement for injured Dhawan in the T20I squad. However, the young wicket-keeper-batsman hasn’t played in the first two T20Is against the Windies as Rishabh Pant continues to keep wickets for the team.
The report also states that India could bring in Samson as replacement for Dhawan in ODIs as well.
The other players who are in contention to replace Dhawan are Shubman Gill and Mayank Agarwal.
ODI Squad: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
