India is already without fellow senior quicks Mohammed Shami and Ishant Sharma, as well as captain Virat Kohli.<\/p>\n
The tourists, do, however have star batsman Rohit Sharma available for selection in the Sydney Test – starting January 7 – after he missed the first two Tests.<\/p>\n
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India is yet to name replacements for Yadav and Shami but the Hindustan Times<\/em> is reporting that white ball star T Natarajan will be added to the squad.<\/a><\/p>\n However, the newspaper reported that Natarajan is unlikely to make his Test debut in Sydney.<\/p>\n Shardul Thakur is considered the more likely replacement for Yadav.<\/p>\n "While people are excited about the brilliant progress shown by T Natarajan, we mustn't forget he has played only one first class match for Tamil Nadu," an unnamed Indian source told the newspaper.<\/p>\n "And Shardul has been a seasoned domestic red ball pacer for Mumbai.<\/p>\n "Shardul was really unfortunate that his Test debut against West Indies ended abruptly due to injury even before he could bowl an over.<\/p>\n "He has been shaping up well and might replace Umesh in the playing XI."<\/p>\n Kartik Tyagi and Navdeep Saini are other pace options for the tourists.<\/p>\n The series is locked at 1-1.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n