Irfan Pathan replaced Vinay Kumar in India squad

Vinay was ruled out of the tour with a hamstring injury and is expected to stay on sidelines for upto three weeks.

“Vinay Kumar suffered a Grade I right hamstring injury while training. He will hence not be available for the forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka,” the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement on Friday.

“The selection committee has named Irfan Pathan as his replacement in the Indian squad.”

Irfan, who has claimed 165 wickets in 115 one-dayers since making his debut in January 2004, was shunned from the original squad.

“Obviously, when I was overlooked initially, I was thinking about what are the areas I needed to work upon and was focusing on my training at the National Cricket Academy,” Irfan told PTI.

“I am pretty satisfied with the hours that I have put in at the nets and in the indoor sessions there. After this call-up, the focus will shift to the Lankan series.”

India Squad:

MS Dhoni (Captain), Virat Kohli (vice-capt), Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Manoj Tiwary, R Ashwin, Irfan Pathan, Rahul Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Pragyan Ojha, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Ajinkya Rahane