India, July 9 -- Medium pacer Harshit Rana and spinner Varun Chakaravarthy have been ruled out of the ongoing five-T20I series against England. Both players picked up hamstring injuries during the 3rd T20I at Trent Bridge on Tuesday and will not feature in the fourth and fifth games of the series.

After winning the toss at the fourth T20I at Bristol on Thursday, India captain Shreyas Iyer informed that both players were not featuring in the game. Later, it emerged that they were out not only of today's contest but also of the last game of the series on Saturday. Varun and Harshit have been replaced by Washington Sundar and Prasidh Krishna in the Playing XI.

Meanwhile, trailing 2-0 in the series after a washout in the first game at Chest...