Varun Aaron injured; Vinay Kumar replaces him for Aus tour
India's Test squad was dealt another injury blow when Varun Aaron was ruled out of the Australia Tests due to a back problem. The Indian selectors have named Vinay Kumar as his replacement.
Varun's injury means that he has now become the second first-choice pacer to be ruled out of the Australian tour. Earlier, Praveen Kumar was not available for the tour Down Under due to a rib injury and Vinay's Karnakata team-mate Abhimanyu Mithun was named as the Uttar Pradesh seamer's replacement. Praveen picked up a rib injury during a Ranji Trophy match
Aaron, whose injury was detected yesterday, has got a "stress reaction on the back" which he sustained during the ongoing ODI series against the West Indies. Aaron was left out of the ODI team after playing the first two matches at Cuttack and Visakhapatnam.
The 27-year-old Vinay has not played any Test cricket so far. His nascent career is just 15-ODI old during which the Karnataka bowler has taken 16 wickets. He has also played 5 Twenty20 matches picking up five wickets.
Though Vinay was not a part of the squad for the World Cup, he was the most experienced of the quick bowlers in the side for the ongoing home series against West Indies, until Irfan Pathan was included for the final two one-dayers.
He has been a consistent performer in first-class cricket for several seasons. He was the second highest wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy in 2007-08, a feat he repeated two years later when he spearheaded Karnataka's attack during their run to the final.
Aaron, considered a promising name in the Indian pace reserve, had played just one Test picking up three wickets in it.
India's Test squad was dealt another injury blow when Varun Aaron was ruled out of the Australia Tests due to a back problem. The Indian selectors have named Vinay Kumar as his replacement.
Varun's injury means that he has now become the second first-choice pacer to be ruled out of the Australian tour. Earlier, Praveen Kumar was not available for the tour Down Under due to a rib injury and Vinay's Karnakata team-mate Abhimanyu Mithun was named as the Uttar Pradesh seamer's replacement. Praveen picked up a rib injury during a Ranji Trophy match
Aaron, whose injury was detected yesterday, has got a "stress reaction on the back" which he sustained during the ongoing ODI series against the West Indies. Aaron was left out of the ODI team after playing the first two matches at Cuttack and Visakhapatnam.
The 27-year-old Vinay has not played any Test cricket so far. His nascent career is just 15-ODI old during which the Karnataka bowler has taken 16 wickets. He has also played 5 Twenty20 matches picking up five wickets.
Though Vinay was not a part of the squad for the World Cup, he was the most experienced of the quick bowlers in the side for the ongoing home series against West Indies, until Irfan Pathan was included for the final two one-dayers.
He has been a consistent performer in first-class cricket for several seasons. He was the second highest wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy in 2007-08, a feat he repeated two years later when he spearheaded Karnataka's attack during their run to the final.
Aaron, considered a promising name in the Indian pace reserve, had played just one Test picking up three wickets in it.
