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Mumbai: The BCCI medical team confirmed that India batsman Ajinkya Rahane sustained an avulsion fracture on his right index finger and has been ruled out for the remaining two Test matches of the Paytm series – 2016 against England. A ball stuck Rahane during the practice session today. <\/p>\n
Manish Pandey has been included in the team as a replacement for Rahane.<\/p>\n
Mumbai medium pacer Shardul Thakur has been called as back up for India pacer Mohammed Shami, who is nursing a sore knee. The BCCI medical team is closely monitoring his progress and a decision on his participation will be taken before the start of the fourth Test match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mumbai: The BCCI medical team confirmed that India batsman Ajinkya Rahane sustained an avulsion fracture on his right index finger and has been ruled out for the remaining two Test matches of the Paytm series – 2016 against England. A ball stuck Rahane during the practice session today. <\/p>\n
Manish Pandey has been included in the team as a replacement for Rahane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1557,4744,7278,466,3228,10058,17128],"class_list":["post-30379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-ajinkya-rahane","tag-cricket-news","tag-india-vs-england","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-manish-pandey","tag-mohammed-shami","tag-shardul-thakur"],"yoast_head":"\n