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During the India vs England 4th T20I, a must-win match, the Men in Blue suffered two injuries as two of their key bowlers, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy, are missing the game due to hamstring injuries. This is a big blow for the Indian national cricket team, which is desperate to win the match.
At the toss, Shreyas Iyer mentioned that there have been two changes in the team with the inclusion of Washington Sundar and Prasidh Krishna in the playing eleven as Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy have been ruled out of this game after suffering injuries during the third T20I game.
Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty are out
Apart from being ruled out of this game, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pair have also been ruled out of the series as they will not take further part in the upcoming fifth and final T20I against the Three Lions.
According to a BCCI statement, “Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy suffered hamstring injuries in the 3rd T20I against England at Trent Bridge. The BCCI medical team has assessed them and ruled them out of the 4th and 5th T20I.”
Harshit Rana has suffered another setback
Harshit Rana also bowled well in Ireland and England after his return. The KKR fast bowler will be disappointed by his omission as he has recently recovered from a knee surgery which also ruled him out of the T20 World Cup 2026 and the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026.
Rana took a total of 4 wickets against Ireland and 2 wickets against England during his international comeback. India will miss Varun, although he is not in his best form; His match-ups against Harry Brook and other English batsmen have been good.
India will bat first
Shreyas Iyer won the toss and chose to bat first and said that it is a new day and he and the team are not focusing on the last day’s match, where they were out for 76 runs. He informed that Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty were injured, while Prasidh Krishna and Vashish came back.
“We’re going to bat first. It’s just that we haven’t been able to execute the plans as well as we could, but today, it’s a new day, a fresh start and the boys are very excited.”
“(The last game is history. Want to start afresh today?) Absolutely, but when you say positive, you have to read the environment and have an awareness of how the game is going. You need to adapt as quickly as possible to the wicket and where the wind is blowing.”
“(And are there any changes in your team now that you are batting first?) We have two changes, two injuries actually. Varun and Harshit go out, so Washington and Prasidh come in.”
India vs England playing eleven
England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Harry Brook(c), Jacob Bethel, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue.
India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (w), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.
