Mumbai (Maharashtra), June 19 -- : ICC on Wednesday approved wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant as a replacement for injured batsman Shikhar Dhawan in India's squad for the remainder of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.
BCCI in a statement said that the Event Technical Committee of the World Cup approved the replacement.
The replacement of a player requires the approval of the Event Technical Committee before the replacement player can be officially added to the squad.
The Event Technical Committee of the tournament consists of Geoff Allardice (ICC, ETC chairman), Campbell Jamieson (ICC representative), Steve Elworthy (CWC representative), Alan Fordham (host representative), Harsha Bhogle and Kumar Sangakkara (both independent representat...