WEST INDIES TOUR OF INDIA 2019

Chahar ruled out of final ODI due to lower back pain

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Chahar felt mild pain in his lower back following the second ODI. © AFP

India seamer Deepak Chahar has been ruled out of the third ODI against West Indies due to some pain in his lower back. Navdeep Saini has been called up as his replacement.

"Deepak felt mild pain in his lower back following the second ODI played in Vizag on Wednesday," the BCCI stated in a release on Thursday (December 19). "The BCCI medical team examined him and has suggested that the fast bowler needs some rest in order to fully recover. He has thus been ruled out of the final ODI."

Saini, who hasn't played any ODI cricket for India, will join the team in Cuttack as the third seamer in the squad alongside Mohammed Shami and Shardul Thakur. He last turned out in Indian colours in a T20I series against South Africa in September, but wasn't part of the subsequent T20Is against Bangladesh on grounds of injury.

The third and final ODI between India and West Indies takes place on Sunday (December 22).

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