Indian cricket team’s chief selector, MSK Prasad said that Deepak Chahar will remain out of squad till April next year.
“I have my own doubts about Deepak Chahar till March-April,” Prasad told reporters.
Chahar aggravated his back injury, which he picked up during the second One Day International played in Vizag on Wednesday.
According to Prasad, the Indian team has enough backups in all departments across all formats for seven years.
“We have enough back-ups ready across all formats across all disciplines so Indian cricket need not worry for 6-7 years,” he said.
Prasad also spoke about Prithvi Shaw’s comeback in the India A squads for the tour to New Zealand in January. Shaw has been in sublime touch since returning from an eight-month doping ban last month. The youngster made a spectacular double hundred in Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy-opener against Baroda.
Though India have a settled opening pair in Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agawal, 20-year-old Shaw could make the Test squad for the New Zealand series as a reserve opener.
After picking the India A squad for the tour of New Zealand, selection committee chairman MSK Prasad made it clear that they want Shaw to get as much “game time as possible”.
“He has just come back after a long layoff and we wanted him to play a few more matches. We will see where he stands. There is India A series coming off with five ODIs and two Test matches. There is a lot of cricket,” he said.
