{"id":501961,"date":"2024-02-15T12:27:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T06:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=501961"},"modified":"2024-02-15T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T07:24:00","slug":"mukesh-kumar-ind-vs-eng-3rd-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/sports-news\/mukesh-kumar-ind-vs-eng-3rd-test\/","title":{"rendered":"India vs England, 3rd Test: Mukesh Kumar released to play Ranji Trophy, BCCI reveals reason"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>India&#8217;s fast bowler Mukesh Kumar&nbsp;has been dropped&nbsp;of the starting lineup for the third Test match in Rajkot against England. Mohammed Siraj returned to the playing XI, and Mukesh will now play for the Bengals in their upcoming Ranji Trophy match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking to the social media Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) explained\u00a0why the pacer was released. The board said in its statemnet that Mukesh Kumar has been dropped of the India team for third Test match with England in Rajkot. Before joining team India in Ranchi, he will play for his Ranji Trophy squad, which is scheduled to held in Bengal, BCCI posted on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: Mr Mukesh Kumar has been released from the India squad for the third Test against England in Rajkot.<br><br>He will join his Ranji Trophy team, Bengal, for the team&#39;s next fixture before linking up with Team India in Ranchi.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamIndia<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvENG<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDFCFIRSTBank?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IDFCFIRSTBank<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BCCI (@BCCI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\/status\/1757972362178515039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot on Thursday, the third Test match of the five-game series between India and England saw India win the toss and choose to bat first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England&#8217;s captain Ben Stokes&nbsp;will play &nbsp;his 100th Test match today. Star Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is expected to claim his 500th wicket in a Test match in the meantime. James Anderson, on the other hand, chases 700 wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 1-1, the series is now tied. India defeated Pakistan by 106 runs in the second Test at Visakhapatnam following a 28-run defeat in the first Test in Hyderabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India&#8217;s captain Rohit Sharma\u00a0\u00a0announced at the toss that Axar Patel and Mukesh Kumar would miss the third Test match. Additionally, he confirmed that Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj will participate in the Rajkot Test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a record&nbsp;of 0\/44 in 7 overs during the first innings and 1\/26 in 5 overs at&nbsp;the second match, the 30-year-old bowled in the smallest overs. He only took one wicket of&nbsp;England&#8217;s number 10 Shoaib Bashir.<br><br>The five-match Test series between England and India is now tied at one match.&nbsp; After England won the first Test by 28 runs, India won the second Test by 104 runs to tie the series.<br><br>The Eden Gardens will host the Bengal-Bihar Ranji match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mukesh has been replaced by Mohammed Siraj in India&#8217;s XI for the crucial Test match that began on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":501963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1525,6,110599],"tags":[162005,761,2032,162006,42,91651,162004,148791],"yst_prominent_words":[],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15122711\/ezgif-3-abd9e60795-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501961"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=501961"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=501961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->