Jess Jonassen ruled out of the T20I series against India

Jess Jonassen of Australia will miss the rest of the CommBank Tour of India after injuring her right hamstring in the first T20I in Mumbai on Friday. The left-arm spinner has returned to Queensland and will be replaced in Australia’s 15-man squad by leg-spinner Amanda-Jade Wellington, who is due to fly into India and join the touring party on Tuesday ahead of the third T20I. “She’s since been assessed and it’s evident that the timeframes required for a return during this series are too short,” Australia team physiotherapist Kate Beerworth said. “Jess will be unavailable for the remainder of the series and will return to Brisbane to continue her rehab.”

The injury is not likely to keep her out of the ODI and T20I series against Pakistan in January, or the T20 World Cup in South Africa in February. Wellington was left out of the original squad because Australia chose to stack the group with pace-bowling alternatives in order to analyse their options ahead of the ICC event in South Africa. The 25-year-old hasn’t played a T20I since Australia’s previous tour of India in 2018, although she was part of Australia’s Commonwealth Games squad in August. She also played two one-day internationals in March during the 50-over World Cup in New Zealand.

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Australia squad: Alyssa Healy (c), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland

India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Singh Thakur, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Devika Vaidya, S Meghana, Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol