{"id":1219846,"date":"2025-01-02T10:36:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T05:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cricketcountry.com\/?p=1219846"},"modified":"2025-01-02T10:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T05:06:34","slug":"akash-deep-ruled-out-of-sydney-test-due-to-back-issue-likely-to-be-replaced-by-harshit-rana-or-prasidh-krishna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cricketcountry.com\/news\/akash-deep-ruled-out-of-sydney-test-due-to-back-issue-likely-to-be-replaced-by-harshit-rana-or-prasidh-krishna-1219846\/","title":{"rendered":"Akash Deep ruled out of Sydney Test due to back issue, to be replaced by&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>India pacer Akash Deep has been ruled out of the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar series due to a stiff back. The seamer only featured in the Brisbane and Melbourne Test, picking up a total of 5 wickets. India head coach Gautam Gambhir confirmed that the pacer will not be available for the Sydney Test which is set to commence from January 3, Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Akash Deep is out with a back issue,&#8221; India coach Gautam Gambhir confirmed during the pre-match press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 28-year-old right-arm pacer bowled a total of 87.5 overs in the series so far, and the injury could be attributed to the heavier-than-usual workload he has endured.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akash is likely to be replaced by either Harshit Rana or Prasidh Krishna for India&#8217;s final Test of the Australia tour. While Harshit did feature in the first 2 Tests of the series that were held in Perth and Adelaide respectively, Krishna is yet to feature for the Men in Blue in the tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indian team heads into the final Test, trailing the series by 2-1. Only a win in Sydney will keep their hopes of reaching the World Test Championship (WTC) final alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In such a dire situation, the team will be counting on senior players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to step up and help the team in levelling the series.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The India pacer has been ruled out of the fifth and final Test after coming up with a stiff back and is likely to be replaced by either Harshit Rana or Prasidh Krishana <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":665,"featured_media":1219847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[5693,191,276,5524,4326,142,144],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Akash Deep ruled out of Sydney Test due to back issue, to be replaced by...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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