Abhimanyu Mithun will replace injured paceman Umesh Yadav in the remaining two one-day internationals against England after the bowler suffered a hand injury during the third match in Mohali on Thursday. Yadav injured the webbing on his left hand on Thursday while stopping a Jonathan Trott shot. The next two ODIs will be played in Mumbai (Oct 23) and Kolkata (Oct 25) and Mithun is expected to join the squad ahead of the fourth match.
The Karnataka paceman did a sensibly good job in the recent NKP Salve Challenger Series where he turned up for joint title winners India Green. Mithun becomes the third seamer from the State to join the Indian side which already has R Vinay Kumar and S Arvind in its ranks. Another Karnataka player and opening batsman Robin Uthappa has been picked for the lone T20 international on Oct 29.
This is the first time in more than four years that three players from Karnataka have found place in the national squad. The last such time came in the West Indies during the 2007 World Cup when the Rahul Dravid-led side had Uthappa and Anil Kumble as well.
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The Karnataka paceman did a sensibly good job in the recent NKP Salve Challenger Series where he turned up for joint title winners India Green. Mithun becomes the third seamer from the State to join the Indian side which already has R Vinay Kumar and S Arvind in its ranks. Another Karnataka player and opening batsman Robin Uthappa has been picked for the lone T20 international on Oct 29.
This is the first time in more than four years that three players from Karnataka have found place in the national squad. The last such time came in the West Indies during the 2007 World Cup when the Rahul Dravid-led side had Uthappa and Anil Kumble as well.
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