Player to miss Test series for individual reasons; Dan Lawrence named as substitution
Harry Brook
has removed from England's Test crew to tour India for individual reasons. He
is set to miss the beginning of the five-Test series, with England calling up
Dan Lawrence as his substitution.
The team
were expected to arrive in Hyderabad on Sunday, in front of the beginning of
the first Test on Thursday, however Brook will never again be with the party
having travelled home from the team's training camp in the UAE all things
considered.
The ECB said
in a proclamation: "Harry Brook is set to get back with prompt impact for
individual reasons from the England Men's Test tour of India. The Brook family
consciously demands privacy during this time. Considering this, the ECB and the
family generously demand the media and the public to regard their desire for
privacy and abstain from interfering with their confidential space."
Albeit
formally controlled out of the whole tour, ESPNcricinfo comprehends that Brook
still return at a later date.
The
deficiency of Brook comes as a huge disaster for England's endeavors to turn
into the first team to win a Test series in India in over 10 years. Since
making his presentation in the last Test of the 2022 summer, he has averaged
62.15, at a strike rate of 91.76, from 12 appearances, with four hundreds.
He was
momentarily elevated to No. 3 during the Ashes, after Ollie Pope experienced a
series-finishing shoulder injury, before Moeen Ali went up as a band-aid. Pope
is fit to return in India, meaning England should reconsider their center
order.
Once more
Brook's nonappearance could see England send Jonny Bairstow as an expert
player, filling the gap at No. 5, with Ben Foakes accessible to keep wicket.
Lawrence,
the extra better with the Test crew the previous summer, had as of late shown
up in the UAE for the ILT20 after a spell at the Big Bash League, however will
advance toward India in the following several days. Lawrence's last Test
appearance came in March 2022, on the tour through the Caribbean, presently
before the double arrangements of Brendon McCullum and Ben stokes as mentor and skipper assisted with
rejuvenating the side.
There are
likewise various back-up choices among the England Lions party presently in
India, Josh Bohannon, specifically, dazzling with a 100
in Ahmedabad recently.
England will
prepare at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday,
having spent the most recent ten days in Abu Dhabi adapting for the tour.