Fast-bowling allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy 's return to action has been set back by neck spasms, which has "impacted his recovery and mobility", according to a BCCI update on Wednesday morning.

Reddy, 22, had sustained a left quadriceps injury during the second ODI against Australia on October 23 . He missed the following ODI in Sydney , which India won by nine wickets to cut down the series margin to 2-1.

India are already without their premier allrounder Hardik Pandya, who is recovering from a quadriceps injury of his own. Without Hardik, India have looked unbalanced, but the good news for them is that Shivam Dube , the other seam-bowling allrounder in the touring party, is fit and was picked in the XI for the first T20I in Canberra after being sidelined from the opening roun

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