Ben Sears ruled out of India Tests due to knee injury

Ben Sears, the New Zealand pacer, has been governed out of the three-match Test series against India because of a knee injury. The uncapped Jacob Duffy has been named as the substitution for Singes and will travel to India on Wednesday (October 16) morning. Sears went through filters in New Zealand last week having encountered torment in his left knee while preparing during the Test visit through Sri Lanka. As indicated by a New Zealand Cricket discharge, "filters uncovered a tear to his meniscus" and Burns' flight to India was postponed. In the end, upon clinical exhortation, Singes was managed out of the India visit and "an arrangement on the best course of treatment and recovery for the injury will be prompted at the appointed time". Duffy, who has played six ODIs and 14 T20Is for New Zealand, has stowed 299 top notch wickets and is Otago's driving wicket-taker. "We're clearly frustrated for Ben who made areas of strength for a to his Test vocation during the home summer and offers a veritable speed choice," said New Zealand lead trainer Gary Stead. "It is not yet clear the way in which long we'll be without him for, however we're confident his street to a full recuperation will be a short one. "An interesting an open door for Jacob has been around the crew previously. With three Tests in front of us he gets each opportunity of making his Test debut," Stead said about Duffy. "Jacob's new experience playing for Nottinghamshire in the Province Title unquestionably pushed his place. His exhibitions in white-ball cricket for the BLACKCAPS have forever been amazing and we're sure he'll have the option to contribute whenever called upon." New Zealand's most memorable Test against India is booked to start on October 16 at the M Chinnaswamy Arena in Bengaluru. Nonetheless, downpour danger poses a potential threat over the match. India's planned practice meeting on Tuesday must be dropped on Tuesday and the weather conditions figure until the end of the week doesn't look excessively encouraging. The subsequent Test will be played in Pune from October 24 while the last Test will be held in Mumbai from November 1