Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out of 2022 Asia Cup after undergo a right knee injury.
Axar Patel as Jadeja’s replacement in the squad named by the All-India Senior Selection Committee has named, where as the BCCI medical team currently supervises the latter.
On Friday BCCI revealed in a media advisory, Axar was earlier named as one of the standbys in the squad and will join the team in Dubai soon.
During the three-match series against England in July Jadeja had earlier sustained an injury on the same knee and after closely examine the Ravindra’s injury it seems that it may not have fully recovered from the same.
After suffering a rib cage injury, the Chennai Super Kings captain early in the IPL season was also ruled out of the 22 edition of the franchise league.
In the Group A opener against Pakistan, Jadeja had bowled six overs picking one wicket across the two matches and scored 35 off 29 deliveries.
