Overview
- A BCCI official told PTI that Sundar will miss the five-match T20I series against New Zealand starting January 21 in Nagpur.
- The 26-year-old sustained the side strain while bowling in the first ODI at Vadodara on January 11, then later batted and finished unbeaten on 7.
- His status for the T20 World Cup, which begins February 7, is uncertain, and any squad tweaks without ICC approval must be made by January 31.
- India already have spin options in the T20 setup—Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Varun Chakravarthy—and media reports discuss potential all-round cover without any official replacement named yet.
- He had been ruled out of the ODI series earlier, with Ayush Badoni drafted in as cover, and Tilak Varma’s recovery from groin surgery adds to India’s fitness watch.