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Yash Thakur Replaces Harshit Rana in India Squads
India has changed its cricket teams for two upcoming events.
Fast bowler Harshit Rana cannot play because he injured his thigh during practice.
Yash Thakur has been chosen to replace him.
Thakur recently played two T20 matches for India and took four wickets.
Jasprit Bumrah has been cleared to return after recovering from a knee injury.
Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar have also been declared fit.
India will first play three matches against Afghanistan in Delhi.
India will then play Japan before starting its 2026 Asian Games campaign.
Yash Thakur has replaced injured fast bowler Harshit Rana in India’s Afghanistan T20I and 2026 Asian Games squads.
Rana sustained a rectus femoris, or thigh, strain while bowling in a match simulation on September 7.
Thakur, 27, recently took four wickets in two T20Is during India’s tour of Zimbabwe.
Jasprit Bumrah, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Washington Sundar were cleared for the upcoming assignments.
India will play Afghanistan in three T20Is from September 13 before beginning its Asian Games campaign on September 28.
- Who
- India’s men’s cricket team, Harshit Rana, Yash Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Washington Sundar.
- What
- Yash Thakur replaced injured Harshit Rana in India’s squads for the Afghanistan T20Is and the 2026 Asian Games.
- Where
- Rana was rehabilitating at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru; India’s Afghanistan matches will be in Delhi, followed by an Asian Games campaign.
- When
- The replacement was announced on Thursday; Rana was injured during a September 7 match simulation, and the Afghanistan series begins September 13.
- Why
- Rana was ruled out after sustaining a rectus femoris strain while bowling during rehabilitation.
Key facts
- Replacement
- Yash Thakur replaced Harshit Rana in both squads.
- Rana’s injury
- A rectus femoris, or thigh, strain sustained during a September 7 match simulation.
- Thakur’s India record
- Four wickets in two T20Is on India’s tour of Zimbabwe.
- Domestic record
- 81 wickets in 50 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy matches at an economy rate of 7.04.
- Afghanistan series
- Three T20Is in Delhi beginning September 13.
- Asian Games
- India’s 2026 campaign begins September 28.
- Fitness clearances
- Jasprit Bumrah, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Washington Sundar were cleared to play.
Quotes
BCCI media release
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, which issued the injury update
“The fast bowler was progressing well during his rehab. He sustained a rectus femoris strain while bowling during a match simulation on September 7 and has subsequently been ruled out.”
deccanchronicle.com
rediff.com
Sources
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