| Venue: Rajkot Dates: 15-19 February Time: 04:00 GMT |
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England spinner Jack Leach has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test tour of India with a knee drawback.
The 32-year-old, who has taken 126 wickets in 36 Tests, subsequently missed the second Test in Vizag.
Leach will now fly dwelling and England at present haven’t any plans to name up a alternative for Leach with the third Test in Rajkot beginning on Thursday.
England will as a substitute preserve religion with inexperienced spin trio Tom Hartley, Rehan Ahmed and Shoaib Bashir, plus Joe Root, for the remainder of the five-match series.
Left-arm spinner Leach had solely simply returned to the aspect having missed final summer season’s Ashes series in opposition to Australia with a stress fracture in his again.
The Somerset participant has endured a series of health and injury issues which have hampered his England profession.
The series is stage at 1-1 with three video games to play.
