New Delhi: Paceman Munaf Patel will replace injured seamer Rudra Pratap Singh in the upcoming tri-series in Australia.

R. P. Singh, who suffered a hamstring injury during Australia’s first innings in the drawn fourth and final Test in Adelaide, has been ruled out of action for three weeks.

“The chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar along with the BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah spoke to Sanjay Jagdale, Bhupinder Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Chetan Chauhan and the other two selectors presently in Australia — Venkatapathy Raju and Ranjib Biswal — and decided to send Munaf Patel as replacement for R. P. Singh,” said a BCCI statement.

Yuvraj Singh, too, is nursing an injury to his knee and is hopeful that he would be fit for the second ODI. He will be shown to an orthopaedic surgeon in Melbourne on Wednesday, it said.

Manoj Tiwary is selected as back up for Yuvraj. He will be flying to Australia as soon as the visa and other formalities are completed.

The triangular series, beginning on Sunday, will also involve the hosts Australia while Sri Lanka be the third team featuring in it.