England's Shoaib Bashir out of remainder of India series

21-year-old spent much of the match off the field with fracture to his little left finger

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England's Shoaib Bashir runs on the fifth day of the third cricket test match between England and India at Lord's cricket ground in London, on July 14, 2025.
England's Shoaib Bashir runs on the fifth day of the third cricket test match between England and India at Lord's cricket ground in London, on July 14, 2025.
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London: Shoaib Bashir was ruled out of the remainder of England's series against India less than an hour after taking the match-clinching wicket in the third Test at Lord's on Monday.

The 21-year-old off-spinner spent much of the match off the field with a fracture to his little left finger -- on his non-bowling hand -- after dropping a hard-hit return catch from Ravindra Jadeja during India's first innings.

But he returned to dismiss Mohammed Siraj after tea on Monday's final day when India's last man played a defensive shot only for the ball to trickle back onto his leg stump as England won a thrilling encounter by 22 runs.

Victory left England 2-1 up in this five-match series but they are now set to call-up a new specialist spinner for the fourth Test at Old Trafford starting on July 23, with the likes of Liam Dawson and Jack Leach vying to take Bashir's place.

"England spinner Shoaib Bashir has sustained a fracture to his left finger and has been ruled out of the remainder of the Rothesay Test series against India," said an England and Wales Cricket Board statement. "He is scheduled to undergo surgery later this week. 

"England will name their squad for the fourth Test at Emirates Old Trafford in the next couple of days."

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