Hardik ruled out of Australia's tour of India

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Wellington (New Zealand): India's Hardik Pandya in action during a practice session at Basin Reserve cricket stadium in Wellington, New Zealand on Feb. 5, 2019. (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS)

New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of the upcoming Twenty20 International and One-Day International series against Australia due to lower back stiffness, BCCI announced on Thursday.

Left-arm spin-bowling all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been named replacement for Hardik for the ODIs. However, no replacement has been named in the T20I squad.

The BCCI medical team decided to rest the all-rounder and let him undergo strength and conditioning work for his lower back at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, BCCI said in a statement.

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