Jack Leach: England spinner ruled out of remainder of Test series with India through injury

Jack Leach (left) injured his knee while fielding during the first Test in India

England spinner Jack Leach has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test tour of India with a knee problem.

Leach injured his left knee while fielding in England's win in the first Test in Hyderabad.

The 32-year-old, who has taken 126 wickets in 36 Tests, subsequently missed the second Test in Vizag.

He will now fly home and England currently have no plans to call up a replacement for Leach with the third Test in Rajkot starting on Thursday.

They will instead keep faith with inexperienced spin trio Tom Hartley, Rehan Ahmed and Shoaib Bashir, plus Joe Root as a fourth spin option, for the remainder of the five-match series.

Left-arm spinner Leach had only just returned to the side having missed last summer's Ashes series against Australia with a stress fracture in his back.

The Somerset player has endured a series of health and injury issues which have hampered his England career since he made his debut in April 2018.

The series is level at 1-1 with three games to play.

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