India fielding coach T Dilip confirmed that Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of the three-match ODI series against Australia.
Samson was part of the squad in the recently concluded ODI series that the team won 3-0 and scored a half-century in the second game.
India captain Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the second and final Test against Bangladesh with a thumb injury, the BCCI said on Tuesday.
India were dealt a big blow ahead of the upcoming Asia Cup T20 after head coach Rahul Dravid tested positive for COVID-19 which has ruled him out of the upcoming Asia Cup T20.
Shooting ace Bindra, who claimed a historic gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, runs the Abhinav Bindra Sports Medicine and Research Institute (ABSMARI) -- a one-of-a-kind institute for physiotherapy in the country with a world-class biomechanical and sports science laboratory set up for academic purposes -- in Bhubaneswar.
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India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was on Friday ruled out of the Asia Cup after he sustained a knee injury.
India will begin their Asia Cup defence with Sunday's clash with arch-rivals Pakistan in the six-team Twenty20 tournament.
Bumrah was on Thursday ruled out of the upcoming T20 World Cup due to a back stress fracture.
LSG captain K L Rahul sustained a serious thigh injury during the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday.
India captain Rohit Sharma was forced to retire hurt early with a back spasm during India's successful run chase against the West Indies in the third T20 International in St Kitts on Tuesday.
Pacer Navdeep Saini and uncapped Saurabh Kumar were named as replacements for injured Mohammad Shami and Ravindra Jadeja.
India face Australia in the WTC final on June 7 at The Oval in London.
Surya was hit just above right wrist by a throwdown from Raghavendra and immediately left the nets writhing in pain.
The Indian team and National Cricket Academy's injury management has once again come under scanner with the recurrence of Shreyas Iyer's back injury.
Virat Kohli is likely to sit out from the second ODI as well.
Head coach Rahul Dravid has tested negative for COVID-19 and is set to join the Indian team ahead of its much-awaited Asia Cup opener against Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday.
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The India batter played eight matches this season for the five-time champions and scored 303 runs at an average of 43.29, which included three half-centuries.
India's wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha did not take the field at the start of Day 3 in the first Test against New Zealand on Saturday due to a stiff neck.
India's captain, who was playing in the ongoing four-day warm-up game against Leicestershire, has gone into quarantine.
Opener Mayank Agarwal has been added to the squad.
Middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav was left out of India's important T20 World Cup game against New Zealand on Sunday after he 'complained of back-spasm', leading to a forced change in the playing eleven.
Chahar, Kuldeep to miss 3rd ODI
India pacer Umesh Yadav is rehabilitating at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru after suffering a thigh muscle injury while playing for English country side Middlesex against Gloucestershire last month.
Apart from Kishan, Sri Lanka batter Dinesh Chandimal was also taken to the hospital after he endured a thumb injury while fielding.
The 21-year-old Gill, who scored 0 and 14 in the two innings of this match, did not field on the fourth day.
Three others of Team India support staff to remain in isolation.
Khan sustained the injury in his left thumb while fielding in the three-day match at Chester-le-Street
Jadeja, 33, was forced to withdraw from India's Asia Cup campaign after the group stages in order to undergo surgery for a chronic knee problem. Jadeja missed the whole T20 World Cup, despite India coach Rahul Dravid's initial optimism that he may recuperate in time to participate in India's campaign.
Chennai Super Kings batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad, who tested positive for COVID-19 last month, continues to be in isolation and is unlikely to be available for the team's IPL opener against Mumbai Indians on September 19 in Abu Dhabi.
India opener Ruturaj Gaikwad has been ruled out of the remaining two T20 Internationals against Sri Lanka following a wrist injury.
BCCI Medical Team has assessed KL Rahul and cleared him to play in the upcoming three-match ODI series in Zimbabwe.
"Ruturaj Gaikwad complained of pain in his right wrist, which is affecting his batting. He was unavailable for selection for the first T20I. The BCCI Medical Team is examining him," read a statement from the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
The decision was taken following a detailed assessment and in consultation with the specialists.
India all-rounder Axar Patel has been ruled out of the first Test against England with a knee injury, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said on Friday.
It is understood that Kohli, Rahane, Shami, Jadeja will be sweating it out at the nets alongside Ashwin, who has already bowled a whopping 58 overs and taken seven wickets in a County game for Surrey last week.
The move was widely seen as an acknowledgement for his all-format consistency over the years.
India's injury woes deepened on the opening day of the fourth Test against Australia at the Gabba on Friday as pacer Navdeep Saini was forced to come off the field after lunch following an apparent groin issue.
The guidelines are expected to be followed at the upcoming IPL, starting March 29, too.
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