The 26-year-old, who bowled five overs for 27 runs, walked off midway through the New Zealand innings and did not return to field on Sunday. Then, despite the discomfort, he later came out to bat at No. 8 as India picked a four-wicket win.
“Washington has been ruled out due to onset of discomfort in his left lower rib area,” a BCCI official told PTI.
Washington is the third Indian player to pick up an injury, wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was ruled out of the ODI series after suffering a side strain last week while Tilak Varma will be unavailable for the first three T20Is that follow due to a groin injury which required surgery.
ODI captain Shubman Gill had given an update on Washington following India’s win on Sunday. “Washington Sundar has a side strain and will go for a scan after the match,” he said at the post-match presentation.
After the first ODI in Vadodara, India and New Zealand play in Rajkot (January 14) and Indore (January 18) before shifting focus to the five-match T20I series, in Nagpur (January 21), Raipur (January 23), Guwahati (January 25), Visakhapatnam (January 28) and Thiruvananthapuram (January 31), which will set them up for the T20 World Cup, to be played in India and Sri Lanka in February-March.