In the meantime, by a again harm which prevented him from bowling for a serious half within the fifth and closing check at Sydney, ace quick bowler Jasprit Bumrah is unlikely to be part of the 15-man squad for the worldwide match, until the selectors resolve to take an opportunity with him to see if he can certainly recuperate earlier than the knockouts of the occasion.
Taking part in all their matches within the eight-team Champions Trophy underneath a hybrid mannequin in Dubai, launch their marketing campaign in opposition to Bangladesh on Feb 20, earlier than taking up arch-rivals Pakistan on Feb 23, after which New Zealand of their closing league match on March 2.
The ODIs in opposition to England are scheduled for Feb 6, 9 and 12.
Will probably be attention-grabbing to see if the selectors choose veteran batsman Karun Nair, who has been in sensational kind within the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the place he has scored 752 runs in simply seven innings at an unbelievable common of 752, with 5 hundreds-four on the trot, to steer Vidarbha into the VHT closing for the primary time shall be picked for the worldwide match.
The BCCI and the selectors have emphasised on the significance of home cricket in latest instances, nevertheless it received’t be straightforward to create space within the ODI workforce for Nair.
“Whom do you drop if you need to choose Karun within the 15? You may’t drop somebody like Shreyas Iyer, who smashed a century within the 2023 ODI World Cup semifinal on the Wankhede Stadium and has been in fabulous kind throughout codecs in home cricket. Nevertheless, there may be set to be a deep dialogue on Karun,” a supply within the BCCI instructed TOI.
India have performed simply six ODIs since their heart-breaking loss within the ODI World Cup closing to Australia in Ahmedabad in Nov 2023, and misplaced an ODI collection 2-1 in Sri Lanka in July final yr.
