Indian leg spinner Karan Sharma ruled out of the Zimbabwe tour

Indian leg spinner Karan Sharma ruled out of the Zimbabwe tour: Indian leg spinner Karan Sharma, who was earlier named in the squad for the tour to Zimbabwe has been ruled out of the series owing to a finger injury.

Karn, who has represented the national side in a Test and two ODIs, fractured his left middle finger, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed in a media release. The Press Release on bcci.tv read: “The BCCI medical team confirms that leg-spinner Karn Sharma has been ruled out of India’s tour of Zimbabwe, starting on 7 July 2015, due to injury. Karn has fractured his left middle finger. There will be no replacement for him for the Zimbabwe tour,”

BCCI also said that they are not going to name any replacements for him. India already have spinners Harbhajan Singh and Axar Patel in the squad and will have enough choices as the two already add variety.

The 27 year old leg spinner was a well renowned player in the opulent Indian Premier League, where he rose into eminence after his exploits for his Indian Premier League (IPL) side Sunrisers Hyderabad.

India Squad for the tour of Zimbabwe:

Ajinkya Rahane (C), Murali Vijay, Ambati Rayudu, Manoj Tiwary, Kedar Jadhav, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Harbhajan Singh, Axar Patel, Dhawal Kulkarni, Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma.