Shikhar Dhawan ruled out from the world cup and replaced by Rishav Pant
In the match against Australia on 9th of june Shikhar Dhawan was got serious injury on his hand. Initially he was ruled out from three matches but according to the specialists he can’t recover within a month. That’s why he ruled out from the whole world cup.
Shikhar Dhawan is now replaced by the youngster batsman cum wicket keeper Rishav Pant. Pant comes in with an accumulated ODI experience of five matches.
Shikhar Dhawan has fractured the base of the metacarpal (bone) of his left hand. His hand will remain in cast till mid July which rules him out of the ICC 2019 World Cup – says Sunil Subramanium