NEW CHANDI­GARH, In­dia – In­di­an pac­er An­shul Kam­boj is in line to make his One Day In­ter­na­tion­al (ODI) de­but hav­ing been se­lect­ed to re­place the in­jured Prasidh Kr­ish­na for the third and fi­nal ODI against the West In­dies in In­dia on Sat­ur­day.

Kr­ish­na has been ruled out af­ter suf­fer­ing a ham­string in­jury in the sec­ond ODI on Wednes­day, which In­dia won by eight wick­ets at Barsapara Crick­et Sta­di­um to take an unas­sail­able 2-0 lead in the three-match se­ries.

He bowled just five overs in that con­test, con­ced­ing 45 runs while pick­ing up the soli­tary wick­et of Kea­cy Car­ty be­fore leav­ing the field in the 31st over of the in­nings.

Ac­cord­ing to a re­port from ES­PN Cricin­fo, Kr­ish­na has al­ready re­turned to Ben­galu­ru, his home­town, and could be a doubt for the open­ing round of the Ran­ji Tro­phy, which be­gins on Oc­to­ber 11.

As a re­sult, the 25-year-old Kam­boj has been with­drawn from the on­go­ing In­dia ‘A’ vs Aus­tralia ‘A’ four-day match in Puducher­ry to trav­el to New Chandi­garh.

Kam­boj picked up three wick­ets in the first four-day­er, and had picked up three wick­ets in Aus­tralia A’s first in­nings in the sec­ond game.

He has an im­pres­sive av­er­age of 22.41 from 35 List A match­es, where he has picked up 56 wick­ets.

Kam­boj made his Test de­but – his on­ly ap­pear­ance for In­dia – on the tour of Eng­land last year.

CMC