Pandya out of WC, Krishna drafted in

Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup due to an ankle injury sustained during the seven-wicket win against Bangladesh in Pune last month but India head coach Rahul Dravid doesn't feel it's going to affect India's campaign.

- Somshuvra Laha

"Obviously, the sixth option is something that Hardik gave us. But we have been playing the last four games without the sixth bowling option," said Dravid ahead of India's match against South Africa here on Sunday.

"We also played a couple of games in the Australia series before the World Cup without the sixth option. We won two of our games, in Mohali and Indore, when we played only with five bowling options.

"So, we have responded really well to that challenge. Yes, of course, we probably won't have that sixth bowling option in these games. But the response of the team and the players has been really good when we have not had it. I think we have played enough games without having it."