Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of ODI series against Sri Lanka on health grounds

New Delhi, January 9: Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the three-match international (ODI) series against Sri Lanka. Earlier, his name was included as a last-minute addition to India's three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka starting January 10.

However, a BCCI source on Monday said they did not want to rush the Indian pacer into action so soon on the field since he had to play in major series in the upcoming days.

Jasprit Bumrah has not featured in competitive cricket since September due to back issues. The pacer was also ruled out of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup due to a back injury.

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While Bumrah has remained absent from the national squad, other senior members of the Indian team, including skipper Rohit Sharma, vice-captain KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, and Shreyas Iyer, have joined the squad in Guwahati. The ODIs will be held in Guwahati, Kolkata and Trivandrum on January 10, 12 and 15, respectively.

India's updated squad for Sri Lanka ODIs: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (VC), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh. 

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