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New Delhi\/Kolkata: India and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) middle-order batsman Manish Pandey was on Thursday ruled out of the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the ICC Champions Trophy starting June 1.<\/p>\nNew Delhi\/Kolkata: India and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) middle-order batsman Manish Pandey was on Thursday ruled out of the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the ICC Champions Trophy starting June 1.<\/p>\n
Seasoned wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik was called as a replacement for the injured Pandey.<\/p>\n
“The All-India Senior Selection Committee have named middle-order batsman and wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik as replacement for Manish Pandey, who sustained a left side strain during a practice session, in the India team for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy,” the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Karthik, who played for the Gujarat Lions in the Indian Premier League (IPL), amassed 361 runs, which included two brilliant half centuries.<\/p>\n
Pandey had missed Wednesday’s eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad due to the injury and would not be a part of the men in purple Qualifier 2 against Mumbai Indians on Friday dealing a body blow to Gautam Gambhir’s wards.<\/p>\n
Pandey was KKR’s mainstay in the otherwise fragile middle-order scoring 396 runs in 13 innings at an average of 49.50. The 7-year old has been brilliant on the field too for the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned side.<\/p>\n
“@im_manishpandey has unfortunately been injured & is ruled out of @IPL 2017 @BCCI has been informed of his injury. Wish him speedy recovery,” KKR tweeted.<\/p>\n
KKR would now have to depend on off-colour vice-captain Suryakumar Yadav to deliver the goods against a side who they have a dismal record with.<\/p>\n
It is a blow for Virat Kohli’s India too as Pandey was in form and seemed to be the understudy to Kedar Jadhav.<\/p>\n
India play arch-rivals Pakistan on June 4 to begin their defense of the Champions Trophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi\/Kolkata: India and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) middle-order batsman Manish Pandey was on Thursday ruled out of the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the ICC Champions Trophy starting June 1.<\/p>\n
Seasoned wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik was called as a replacement for the injured Pandey.<\/p>\n
“The All-India Senior Selection Committee have named middle-order batsman and wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik as replacement for Manish Pandey, who sustained a left side strain during a practice session, in the India team for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy,” the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1906,8261,660,466,3043,3228],"class_list":["post-34783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-dinesh-karthik","tag-icc-champions-trophy","tag-indian-premier-league","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-kolkata-knight-riders","tag-manish-pandey"],"yoast_head":"\n