Bumrah, the world\u2019s top-ranked Test bowler, will miss the tour after sustaining an on-field injury in the UK last month.<\/p>\n
Published On 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026<\/p>\n
India pace \u200cspearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of this \u2060month\u2019s two-Test \u2060series against Sri Lanka as he continues to recover from a left knee injury, the country\u2019s cricket \u2060board (BCCI) has said.<\/p>\n
The BCCI on Monday named uncapped fast bowler Auqib Nabi as Bumrah\u2019s replacement after the 32-year-old withdrew from the squad \u200cdue to persistent discomfort in his knee.<\/p>\n
Bumrah, who sustained the injury while fielding in a one-day international against England in Cardiff in \u2060July, was initially included in the squad subject to a final fitness test and had been undergoing rehabilitation at the BCCI\u2019s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n
Nabi, 29, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, earned his first senior call-up after impressing in domestic cricket, taking 104 wickets across the last two Ranji Trophy seasons.<\/p>\n
He took 60 \u2060wickets in the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy season \u2060to help his domestic team win their first title. He also featured for India A on their tour of Sri Lanka in June-July, claiming six wickets \u2060in two first-class matches.<\/p>\n
Nabi is the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to receive \u2060a call-up to the senior Test \u2060side.<\/p>\n
The BCCI added that batter Sai Sudharsan\u2019s participation remains subject to fitness clearance.<\/p>\n
The series begins in Galle on August 15, with the second Test scheduled in Colombo \u200cfrom August 23.<\/p>\n
India squad for Sri Lanka Tour:<\/p>\n
Shubman Gill (captain), KL Rahul (vice captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep \u200cYadav, \u200cManav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Devdutt Padikkal, Saransh Jain and Auqib Nabi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bumrah, the world\u2019s top-ranked Test bowler, will miss the tour after sustaining an on-field injury in the UK…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[1724,64,63,740,1209,44,588,85,1210],"class_list":["post-841647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-india","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-sri-lanka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}