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Wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant has been ruled retired of the ODI bid against New Zealand, which is scheduled to commencement connected Sunday (January 11, 2026).
On Saturday (January 10, 2026), Rishabh Pant concisely needed attraction aft being deed during nett signifier arsenic the location broadside enactment the last touches to their preparations.
Pant was near grimacing successful symptom aft receiving a stroke conscionable supra his waist portion batting against Indian throwdown specialists. He was attended to by the team’s enactment unit and different members, including caput manager Gautam Gambhir.
According to a BCCI statement, helium was taken for MRI scans immediately, and the BCCI aesculapian squad had a elaborate treatment astir his objective and radiological findings. Pant was diagnosed with a broadside strain (oblique musculus tear) and was subsequently ruled retired of the ODI series.
The enactment committee has named Dhruv Jurel arsenic Pant’s replacement, and Jurel has joined the squad.
India updated squad:
Shubman Gill (C), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Shreyas Iyer (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (WK).
