New Delhi

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly is not ready to give up on injured India's star pacer Jasprit Bumrah turning up in Australia to participate in the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Bumrah was rushed to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru from Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday to undergo scans for his back injury after being ruled out of the ongoing three-match T20I series against South Africa.

"Bumrah is not out of the World Cup yet," Ganguly said on Friday.

BCCI president's comments come on the back of a BCCI media release earlier in the day which stated that Bumrah had "sustained" a back injury and was being monitored by their medical team at the NCA.

Mohammed Siraj was named as the replacement for injured Bumrah for the remainder of the T20I series against South Africa.

India is now awaiting the health update of Hooda and Jasprit Bumrah, who are both receiving treatment for back problems at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.

Hooda was declared ineligible for the South Africa series, but Bumrah was only dropped on Wednesday, the day before the first T20I after he reported a back injury.

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India starts its campaign on the T20 world cup against Pakistan on October 23.