ODI World Cup: Ravichandran Ashwin replaces injured Axar Patel in India squad | Cricket Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: As anticipated, veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who had performed solely two ODIs since 2017 earlier than being picked for the ODI collection towards Australia, changed Axar Patel in Workforce India squad on Thursday because the latter did not regain full health.
Ashwin gave a great account of his expertise within the first two ODIs towards Australia earlier than being rested for the ultimate recreation in Rajkot.
Ashwin took 1 wicket within the first ODI in Mohali on Friday and three wickets within the second match towards Australia in Indore on Sunday.

Axar Patel remains to be recovering from a hamstring damage.
Patel suffered a “left quadriceps pressure” in India’s Tremendous 4 loss to Bangladesh the place the bowling all-rounder took a wicket and scored 42 runs.
Two-time champions and hosts India open their World Cup marketing campaign towards Australia on October eight in Chennai.

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India squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav