Ishant Sharma, India's tempo spearhead, will leave out the primary take a look at towards New Zealand in Kanpur, starting on Thursday (September 22) as he is recovering from Chikungunya, a viral ailment transmitted to people through mosquitoes. Anil Kumble, India's head train, addressed the media in advance of the collection opener and additionally found out that the crew hasn't requested for a replacement for the pacer yet. "Ishant Sharma is convalescing from chikungunya and will no longer be available for the first take a look at fit," Kumble advised mediapersons after the schooling session. "we're going to be carefully monitoring his progress with the medical doctors after which take a name on his fitness after this check. For this check, the group management has determined that we may not need a substitute. we'll have 14 gamers, and we're going to choose our team from them," he added. Ishant's absence will suggest that India's pace bowling options might be confined to Mohammad Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav. Ishant has been a normal member of the take a look at aspect, having played 72 fits for his united states of america. He picked up eight wickets at a median of 32.12 within the these days-concluded 4-in shape test series against West Indies. The site visitors, however, are already without the services of James Neesham and Tim Southee. at the same time as all-rounder Neesham could be out of motion for the first recreation due to a rib injury he sustained previous to the start of latest Zealand's practice game; Southee has been ruled out of the complete test collection due to a ligament harm in the ankle. The skilled pacer, however, is slated to return to India for the succeeding One-Day Internationals.