Indian veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been included in the Indian team for the 3-match ODI series against Australia (IND vs AUS) starting from September 21. While Ashwin is making a comeback for India in the ODI after 20 months, the last time the player played his ODI match was against South Africa in January 2022. Now the off-spinner will be eyeing a comeback in the Indian team for the upcoming World Cup 2023.
Ashwin has 151 wickets in his name in 113 ODI matches.
Talking about Ashwin’s statistics in the 50-over format, he has played 113 matches and taken 151 wickets at an average of 33.5. Ashwin bowls with a good economy of 4.94 and 4/25 has been his best performance. In such a situation, everyone’s eyes will be on this experienced bowler in the ODI series against Australia.
Apart from Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, and Axar Patel have also been kept in the team against Australia. Kuldeep and Jadeja are performing well with the ball, so Ashwin may have to wait for his turn.
KL Rahul will captain the Indian team in the first two matches. Players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Hardik Pandya will return to the team for the final match of the series. In the absence of senior players, players like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prasidh Krishna, and Shreyas Iyer will be seen playing in the first ODI against Australia. The first match of the three-match ODI series between India vs Australia will be played on 22 September Friday day.
Team India for the first two matches in the ODI series against Australia
Team- KL Rahul (captain and wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja (vice-captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
Team India for the third ODI against Australia
Team- Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar. , Kuldeep Yadav, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.
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