Team India
The Indian cricket team lifted the trophy for a record eighth time by defeating Sri Lanka by ten wickets in the Asia Cup final. Now, Team India will face Australia in a three-match ODI series starting October 22. This series will be very important for Team India as they prepare for the World Cup. But now there is bad news for Team India.
There was bad news ahead of the Australian series
Indian captain Rohit Sharma said on Friday that star spinner Axar Patel could miss the first two ODIs against Australia next week while Shreyas Iyer is 99 percent fit. Akshar suffered the injury in the Super Four stage match against Bangladesh. He was excluded from the Asia Cup and replaced by Washington Sundar.
Akshar is not fit, Ashwin could get a place
Rohit said that Akshar has a minor injury. It looks like it will get better in a week or 10 days. I don’t know it. We’ll have to see what progress there is. Some people recover quickly. Hopefully the same thing happens to him. He said that I don’t know whether he can play the first two games against Australia or not. We have to wait. Iyer suffered a back injury in the Super 4 match against Pakistan following which he was unable to take part in the Asia Cup. He has been practicing in the net for the last few days. Rohit said that Shreyas cannot play this game as certain criteria have been imposed on him. He finished almost all of them today. He is 99 percent fit. No worries.
Sundar was brought in as Akshar’s replacement. Rohit said that experienced off-spinner R Ashwin could also be considered. He said that Ashwin’s name can also be counted as a spin all-rounder. I am in contact with him by phone. Akshar got injured at the last moment. When Washington was available, he came and joined the team. Every player knows his role. However, if the team management wanted to get Ashwin, the flight from Chennai to Colombo would have taken just an hour.
