Ravindra Jadeja ruled out of T20I series, Pacer Shardul Thakur announced as Replacement.

New Delhi (Canberra), 5/12: Team India Allrounder Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out of the remainder of the t20i series between India and Australia as he is suffering from concussion after being hit on the head in the final over of the Indian innings. Mumbai speedster Shardul Thakur who featured in the final ODI between the two countries has been announced as the replacement.

BCCI in a press release said ‘The diagnosis was confirmed based on a clinical assessment in the dressing room during the innings break by the BCCI Medical Team. Jadeja remains under observation and will be taken for further scans if required based on the assessment on Saturday morning. He will not take any further part in the ongoing T20I series’.

Jadeja who played a match-winning knock of 44 on Friday was hit on the left side of his forehead in the final over of the Indian innings. He didn’t take the field during India’s fielding and Leggie Yuzvendra Chahal replaced him as the concussion substitute.