MUMBAI: Express pacer Mayank Yadav is likely to miss the upcoming white-ball series against England at home, comprising five T20Is and three ODIs due to an injury, TOI has learnt.
The injury-prone Yadav, who made his international debut in the T20I series against Bangladesh in Oct last year after impressing for the Lucknow Super Giants in IPL-2024, had missed the four-match T20I series against South Africa subsequently in Nov to an injury. The young fast bowler has not returned to action since.
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“He’s suffering from a back injury and is unlikely to be fit for the England series. He hasn’t even been named amongst the probables for Delhi’s first Ranji match of the second leg against Saurashtra from January 23,” a source in the BCCI told TOI.
The 22-year-old, who has been recovering at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru for the last few months, last played a competitive match on October 12 last year-the third and final T20I against Bangladesh in Hyderabad. The Delhi and LSG pacer missed the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy after that.
According to sources, the selectors are likely to first pick the Indian team for the five-match T20I series, which will kick off from January 22 with the opening T20I in Kolkata. They may pick the side for India’s three-match ODI series and the Champions Trophy after around January 19.
