After steering India to a 3-0 series win against West Indies, middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav is ruled out of the Sri Lanka T20I series due to a hairline fracture on his hand.
Suryakumar is the second Indian player to be forced out of the Sri Lanka series after pacer Deepak Chahar. This leaves India with a 16-member squad for the Sri Lanka T20Is.
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Earlier, the 31-year-old batter was adjudged Player of the series for West Indies T20Is. He scored 107 runs in 3 matches, including a match-winning 31-ball 65 in the last match.
The first match of the series will be played on Thursday in Lucknow followed by 2 matches in Dharamsala on Saturday and Sunday.