Mumbai Sep 20 (IANS) Hardik Pandya Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur have been ruled out of the ongoing Asia Cup 2018 owing to injuries the BCCI announced on Thursday.
BCCI s senior selection sommittee has now replaced the trio by Deepak Chahar Ravindra Jadeja and Siddharth Kaul who will be joining the team in Dubai on Thursday.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya had suffered an acute lower back spasm during the game against Pakistan on Wednesday and is undergoing treatment and assessment by the BCCI medical team.
Meanwhile left-arm spinner Axar Patel injured his left index finger while fielding against Pakistan. He was sent for scans and the results showed that he had a tendon tear.
On the other hand right-arm pacer Shardul Thakur had experienced right hip and groin soreness after the match against Hong Kong.
The Rohit Sharma-led Indian side who had thrashed arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets on Wednesday will take on Bangladesh in their first Super four game on Friday.

--IANS kk/vm