S. Badrinath will replace Sachin Tendulkar in the Indian ODI squad for the current NatWest Series.
After a toe-injury ruined Tendulkar's tour, the selectors opted for Badrinath, who last played for India in the West Indies. Badrinath had a forgettable ODI series then and scored 40 runs. Recently, with scores of 50, 28 and 74, he did well for India Cements in the Corporate Trophy.
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Tendulkar was carrying the injury for quite a while but the problem aggravated just before the opening match of the series at Chester—le—Street on Saturday, eventually paving the way for Parthiv Patel’s last—minute inclusion to the playing eleven.
“Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of the ongoing ODI series against England due to a toe injury. He has been advised rest for four weeks. The All—India Senior Selection Committee has chosen S Badrinath to replace him,” BCCI secretary N. Srinivasan said in a statement.
Badrinath, who made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in 2008, has scored 79 runs in seven one—dayers so far.
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The Tamil Nadu batsman was also in the squad for India’s tour of West Indies earlier this year, but failed to impress.
It has been a disastrous tour for India as many leading players, including Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Yuvraj Singh suffered injuries at various stages.