The Indian cricket team has suffered a big setback before the T20 World Cup. Star all-rounder Washington Sundar is also out of the T20 series against New Zealand after the ODI. There is also doubt over his playing the T20 World Cup. Let us tell you that he had side strain during the first match of the ongoing ODI series against New Zealand.

In the first ODI, Washington Sundar was able to bowl only 5 overs, after which he had to leave the field. Although, if necessary, he came out to bat, but after the match, BCCI issued a statement saying that he has been ruled out of the ODI series and Ayush Badoni has been included in the series in his place.

Washington Sundar out of T20 series too

Washington Sundar has also been ruled out of the 5-match T20 series against New Zealand. According to the report of Cricbuzz, his playing in the T20 World Cup 2026 is also doubtful, because he is unlikely to recover before the start of the tournament. BCCI had said in its statement, “While bowling, he felt severe pain in his left lower rib area.”

The report said that after the subsequent scans, the board has asked him to report to the Center of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru for further assessment and rehabilitation.

india vs new zealand t20 series schedule

• 21 January- VCA Stadium, Nagpur
• 23 January- SVNS Stadium, Raipur
• 25 January- Barsapara Stadium, Guwahati
• 28 January- ACA-VDCA, Visakhapatnam
• 31 January- Greenfield Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

All five T20 matches will start at 7 pm. This will be a good opportunity to test your combination and preparations before the T20 World Cup 2026. It remains to be seen who joins the T20 series in place of Washington.

India’s squad for T20 WC against NZ

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Washington Sundar (doubtful to play), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper).

Who is Ayush Badoni: Washington Sundar is out of the ODI series against New Zealand. He was injured while bowling in the first ODI match played in Vadodara. BCCI has declared Ayush Badoni as his replacement. The second and third ODI matches will be played between India and New Zealand on 14 and 18 January, for which Badoni has now replaced Sundar in the Indian squad. Know here who Ayush Badoni is and why he has been included in Team India’s squad for the first time.

Ayush Badoni was born on December 3, 1999 in Delhi, but he is originally a resident of Uttarakhand. His family comes from Silod, a small village located in Devprayag block. Originally coming from Uttarakhand, his family later shifted to Delhi, hence Ayush’s childhood was spent in Delhi.

Mother is a school teacher, father makes films.

Ayush Badoni has been very fond of cricket since childhood and started practicing professional cricket at the age of 9. He started taking training at Sonet Cricket Academy. In fact, his first coach was his father, Vivek Badoni. Seeing the passion for cricket in his son, Vivek started teaching him the tricks of ball and bat. Vivek Badoni makes documentary films by profession and Ayush’s mother, Vibha Badoni is a school teacher by profession. Father Vivek had made the terrace of the house a net practice area for Ayush. Ayush used to practice net here only.

26-year-old Ayush Badoni plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL. Badoni was included in their squad by Lucknow Super Giants in 2022 for Rs 20 lakh. He has been playing for this team since then and he is going to get a huge salary of Rs 4 crore in IPL 2026.

Ayush Badoni’s career till now

Apart from scoring 1,788 runs in his career of 96 T20 matches so far, Ayush Badoni has also taken 17 wickets. In his List A career of 27 matches, he has 693 runs and 18 wickets in his name. So far in first-class cricket, he has played 21 matches and scored 1681 runs and also taken 22 wickets. Ayush has scored 963 runs in his IPL career of 56 matches.

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Washington Sundar Injury Update: The first ODI match against India is being played in Vadodara. This match has brought bad news for Team India, because Washington Sundar has probably become the victim of a shot. Sundar got injured while bowling in the Vadodara ODI match, after which he returned to the dugout.

Washington Sundar has suffered a back strain and is currently under the observation of the medical team. Due to strain, Sundar left the field after the 20th over of New Zealand’s innings. Before leaving the field, Washington Sundar had bowled 5 overs, in which he gave 27 runs and could not take a single wicket.

Let us tell you that if the injury is more serious, a cricketer can sit out for 3-4 months. During the commentary it was told that Sundar had suffered a back strain. In his place, Nitish Kumar Reddy came on the field as a replacement fielder.

The seriousness of his injury has not been revealed yet. Only after the medical team’s investigation will it be confirmed whether Sundar is going to be out of the current series or not. There is no update yet regarding whether Sundar will come to bat for the Indian team in this match or not.

Washington Sundar, recently played 2 matches for Tamil Nadu in Vijay Hazare Trophy. In those 2 matches, Sundar was able to score only 45 runs with the bat and take only 2 wickets in bowling. Despite this average performance, he was included in the playing eleven of the first ODI match.

In the first ODI, New Zealand came to bat first and at one time had scored 117 runs without losing any wicket. At one time a score of 350 runs seemed possible for the Kiwi team, but their innings ended at 300 runs.

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Washington Sundar Narendra Modi got injured during practice at Cricket Stadium, he was hurt in his finger after which he did not participate in the catching drill. He got this injury just a day before the match. Let us know that India vs West Indies first Test will be played in Ahmedabad from October 2.

According to the Times of India report, Washington appeared in trouble after a beautiful finger injury, after which he did not participate in the catching drill. Captain Shubman Gill again came to Sundar sitting disappointed and talked to him. Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Mohammad Siraj also went to him and saw his hand.

Washington beautiful looking uncomfortable

The report said that even after this, Sundar bowled long, but he looked uncomfortable. He also asked the team doctor to put additional tape on his bowling hand. Beautiful has been an important player of the Test team since New Zealand’s visit to India in October last year. He also performed well in England.

India and West Indies Test Squad

India: Devdutt Padikkal, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akshar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurlel (wicket keeper), KL Rahul (wicket keeper), Narayan Jagadisin (wicket keeper), Jaspreet Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, famous Krishna.

West Indies: Elik Ethanaz, Brandon King, John Campbell, Kevalon Anderson, Tejnarayan Chandrapaul, Johan Leyne, Justin Greaves, Khari Pierre, Roston Chase (captain), Shai Hope (wicket keeper), Tevin Imlach (wicket keeper), Anderson Philip, Zedia Celes, Zedia Bleds, Zool Warikan.

Where to see Live India vs West Indies first Test?

India vs West Indies will start from October 2 at 9:30 am from October 2. The toss will be at 9 pm. The live broadcast of the match will be on Star Sports Network. Live streaming will be on the geographstar app and website.