Its Official: ICC approves Rishabh Pant as replacement for Dhawan

The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Wednesay that the Event Technical Committee of the World Cup has approved team india young sensation Rishabh Pant as a replacement player for Shikhar Dhawan in Indias squad for the remainder of the tournament.

It is known news that, Opener Dhawan, who suffered a thumb injury during the league match against Australia, has been ruled out of further participation in the event.

In this regard, The ICC release said: "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 ICC World Cup 2019 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 representatives)."