India bring in Manish Pandey as injured Yuvraj's replacement

E-Paper | April 29, 2026

MUMBAI: World Twenty20 hosts India have replaced injured all-rounder Yuvraj Singh with middle order batsman Manish Pandey, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday.

Yuvraj, who played a crucial role in India's victory in the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2007, twisted his ankle while batting during Sunday's six-wicket victory over Australia that secured India's place in the last four of the tournament.

Pandey, 26, will fancy his chances of playing when India take on 2012 champions West Indies in the second semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday, even though Ajinkya Rahane will also stake his claim for a place in the starting side.

Pandey, who is the first batsman from his country to smash a century in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 competition, has played only four one-day internationals and a couple of T20 internationals.

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acp rathod

Mar 30, 2016 04:13pm

With the way Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina have performed in the series so far, selectors can play both Rahane and Pandey by dropping one of the two left-handers. It remains to be seen whether they will take such a bold decision.

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Shafaq Hussain

Mar 30, 2016 04:40pm

"India bring in Manish Pandey as injured Yuvraj's replacement" Well played Selectors !! though Yuvraj is not injured but he is not in a good form as well so replacing him with Pandey in a knock out situation is very clever :)

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Bhargav

Mar 30, 2016 05:47pm

@acp rathod Replacing two Left hand Batsmen with 2 Right Hand Batsmen.... I feel Rahane Deserves to Play in place of Raina, and we have no choice with Yuvraj, so, you are right it is Possible, But Dhoni will never Drop Raina as long as he is not Injured

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Aman

Mar 30, 2016 06:13pm

@Shafaq Hussain Yuvraj has his ankle fractured. Twisted his ankle against Aus.

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Revenge

Mar 30, 2016 06:18pm

@Shafaq Hussain And who told you that Yuvraj is not injured? Intelligence sources??

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Samrat

Mar 30, 2016 06:21pm

@Shafaq Hussain Don't you think Einstein that if its a deliberate replacement, then Rohit Sharma or Dhawan would have been replaced first instead of Yuvraj? Did you watch the last match?

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Ritesh

Mar 30, 2016 07:24pm

@Shafaq Hussain ICC committe allows replacement only when there is a verifiable rmedical report submitted by ICC-approved doctors confirming the injury

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sri

Mar 31, 2016 01:28am

@Ritesh they dnt think those all things...first dey'll jump into conspiracy theory...

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anil sahu

Mar 31, 2016 10:30am

@Bhargav raina is also useful in bowling and fielding so dhoni wont drop him.

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Santhosh

Mar 31, 2016 10:32am

Manish Pandey is T20 Specalists he is the best choice, if Raina get replaced by Rahane, that would be even better.

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Ajay

Mar 31, 2016 11:07am

Should have been played earlier. Now don't know how he will perform in a pressure game with no match practice. Hope he is in good nick. Send Raina down the order - for God's sake.

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Mar 31, 2016 02:07pm

Rumor is Pandey for Yuvi and Rahane for Dhwan.

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Kryptonite

Mar 31, 2016 02:11pm

@acp rathod Tell me about Rahane's contribution in the Asia Cup just last month.

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