The Indian cricket team faces a severe injury crisis with key players sidelined, complicating squad selections across all three formats. Players like Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy are out of action in white-ball cricket. The likes of Sai Sudharsan and Washington Sundar are also nursing injuries ahead of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka. To add to India’s woes, ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah was ruled of the Sri Lanka Test series after failing to recover f