Rohit Sharma ruled out for the rest of the tour due to injured finger | Murali Vijay called in as replacement

[Sachin=GOD]

Rohit Sharma has sustained fracture on his finger, has been ruled out of ongoing ODI & T20 International Series against England: BCCI Murali Vijay will replace the injured Rohit Sharma in the Indian squad for the rest of the tour of England: BCCI

[North Sea Tiger]

Injured Rohit to miss rest of England series A finger injury has sidelined India opener Rohit Sharma from the rest of the England series. M Vijay, India's regular Test opener, has been called up as his substitute. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2014/content/current/story/775239.html

[Cricket_Hacker]

:bhangra:

[skindia]

with this he has cemented his place for wc as opener

[skindia]

why not manan vohra as replacement

[rkt.india]

Vijay :facepalm:

[ThePhenomenal1]

Unlucky for rohit but vijay is no substitute! He was crap last year and should be playing country cricket. Better would be to have rahane open and samson at 4 or samson open with rahane at 4. But vijay? With an uncertain dhawan? No...

[skindia]

sad...uthappa is also injured for next 4 days..

[skindia]

hope he ruled out of world cup

[rkt.india]

Last time too, he had fractured his finger in Ist ODI in England while batting facing Bresnan. This time while fielding.

[skindia]

injury due to laziness may be

[ThePhenomenal1]

if u wanted a sub, uthappa was ideal too

[skindia]

uthappa will miss KPL till 3 sep due to rehab but I dont think selectors would have picked him even if he is fit

[FreakazoiD]

So Raidoo will play

[adi B]

vijay?:WTF:,he is even more pathetic than nohit.better to play rahane as an opener and draft sanju/rayudu at #4

[skindia]

vijay will play in 4th and 5th odi if dhawan fails tomorrow

[Cricket_Hacker]

Vijay will not play just called in for nothing

[skindia]

A finger injury has sidelined India opener Rohit Sharma from the rest of the England series. M Vijay, who flew back home after the Tests, has been called up as his replacement. "Rohit Sharma has sustained a fracture on the middle finger of his right hand, and has been ruled out of the ongoing ODI and T20 International Series against England, as a result," a BCCI press release said. "The All-India Senior Selection Committee has picked Murali Vijay as his replacement." The specialist batsmen already with the limited-overs squad in England who could replace Rohit in the XI for the third ODI on Saturday are Ambati Rayudu and the 19-year-old Sanju Samson. India could consider using Ajinkya Rahane as an opener, and slotting either Rayudu or Samson in the middle order. Rohit was promoted to the top order in January 2013, and has had some success in the role, averaging 46.34, contributing to India's Champions Trophy success last year and becoming the third batsman to make an ODI double century. While Rohit has struggled to nail down a permanent place in the Test side, his replacement Vijay has managed to do so, but has struggled to establish himself in the limited-overs outfit. Vijay was picked for a tri-series in the Caribbean in July 2013, ending a two-and-a-half-year absence from the ODI side, but he didn't do enough to warrant a longer run. Rohit's previous visit to England in 2011 was also cut short when he was struck by a Stuart Broad bouncer and injured his right index finger. LOL cricinfo promoting rohit sharma....avg of 46 since playing as opener....mention strike rate also...

[kumar713]

Vijay as replacement:hysterical:

[kumar713]

Dhawan Rahane Kohli Rayudu Raina Dhoni Ashwin Jadeja Shami BK Yadav Should be the 11