Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha and middle-order batsman Virat Kohli were on Wednesday called up to join the injury-hit Indian team as replacements for Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh, both of whom have been ruled out of for the Test series against England.

While Harbhajan has suffered a grade I abdominal muscle strain, Yuvraj has fractured his left index finger during the second cricket Test against England which the visitors lost by a massive 319 runs.
“The All-India Senior Selection Committee has picked Virat Kohli and Pragyan Ojha as their replacements. Both players will join the Indian team at the earliest,” BCCI secretary N. Srinivasan said in a statement.
Yuvraj, who struck a half-century in the second Test, injured his finger when he got hit by a Tim Bresnan snorter during an improbable 478-run chase at Trent Bridge.

Harbhajan, who has struggled to find form in the series so far, also picked up the injury during the second Test.

The off-spinner bowled just 13.4 overs in the second Test and has been woefully out of form in the series. The tweaker grabbed 1 for 69 in the second Test after his 1 for 218 in the first at Lord’s.
Yuvraj’s injury may take around four weeks to recover, while Harbhajan is likely to get back to full fitness in three weeks’ time, which leaves a question mark over their participation in the first few matches of the five-match ODI series starting on September 3.