<p>London: Left-arm spinner Jack Leach is set to undergo a knee surgery on Tuesday after being ruled out of the England’s ongoing five-Test tour of India.</p><p>Leach, who came into the India series as England’s most experienced spinner, took part in only the opening Test at Hyderabad which his side won by 28 runs.</p><p>The 32-year-old spinner suffered an injury on the field which caused severe swelling, forcing him to leave the tour after missing the second Test and subsequently returning home.</p><p>"I'm going to have an operation to get the rest of the swelling out because it's not budging," Leach was quoted as saying by <em>BBC</em>.</p>.It will be a different challenge with pink ball and I will be ready: Jack Leach.<p>The report added that the knee injury trouble is the latest for Leach who suffers from Crohn's disease, having also missed last year’s Ashes in England due to a stress fracture in his back. On the tour of New Zealand five years ago in 2019, Leach had also contracted sepsis.</p><p>"It was quite an unfortunate one. It was the second ball of the first innings in the field so that whole game I was playing with this knee problem. I obviously knocked it a few times throughout that game and it has just created a long period of recovery,” he said.</p><p>"I need to get the operation done and then hopefully I can get back to playing cricket. I'd love to have a run of playing cricket and getting into a bit of a rhythm again and hopefully that can happen again once I've got this sorted." </p><p>After the conclusion of the India tour, England’s next assignment will be the first home Test at Lord’s from July 10. </p>
<p>London: Left-arm spinner Jack Leach is set to undergo a knee surgery on Tuesday after being ruled out of the England’s ongoing five-Test tour of India.</p><p>Leach, who came into the India series as England’s most experienced spinner, took part in only the opening Test at Hyderabad which his side won by 28 runs.</p><p>The 32-year-old spinner suffered an injury on the field which caused severe swelling, forcing him to leave the tour after missing the second Test and subsequently returning home.</p><p>"I'm going to have an operation to get the rest of the swelling out because it's not budging," Leach was quoted as saying by <em>BBC</em>.</p>.It will be a different challenge with pink ball and I will be ready: Jack Leach.<p>The report added that the knee injury trouble is the latest for Leach who suffers from Crohn's disease, having also missed last year’s Ashes in England due to a stress fracture in his back. On the tour of New Zealand five years ago in 2019, Leach had also contracted sepsis.</p><p>"It was quite an unfortunate one. It was the second ball of the first innings in the field so that whole game I was playing with this knee problem. I obviously knocked it a few times throughout that game and it has just created a long period of recovery,” he said.</p><p>"I need to get the operation done and then hopefully I can get back to playing cricket. I'd love to have a run of playing cricket and getting into a bit of a rhythm again and hopefully that can happen again once I've got this sorted." </p><p>After the conclusion of the India tour, England’s next assignment will be the first home Test at Lord’s from July 10. </p>