India have made two changes to their playing XI for the fourth T20I.
Team India have made two changes to their playing XI for the penultimate match of the five-T20I series against England at County Ground, Bristol on Thursday (July 9).
Varun Chakaravarthy and Harshit Rana are out due to injuries, with Washington Sundar and Prasidh Krishna making it into the playing XI.
BCCI also shared an update on social media, confirming that Chakaravarthy and Rana have been ruled out of the remainder of the T20I series owing to hamstring injuries.
“Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy sustained hamstring injuries in the third T20I against England at Trent Bridge. The BCCI Medical Team has assessed them and ruled them out of the 4th and 5th T20Is,” the board’s post read.
Speaking at the toss, India skipper Shreyas Iyer confirmed a couple changes to the lineup, saying: “We've got two changes, two injuries actually. Varun and Harshit go out, so Washington and Prasidh comes in.”
Shreyas won the toss and opted to bat first in the fourth T20I. India are 2-0 down and face a must-win situation in this fixture to keep the series alive.
India’s playing XI for 4th T20I: Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna
England’s playing XI for 4th T20I: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Harry Brook(c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue