The management of the Indian squad has summoned cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin to Guwahati ahead of India’s first ODI World Cup 2023 warmup match against the reigning champions, England. The team management chose to stick with the veteran spinner despite Axar Patel’s injury, and it is quite likely that they will also include him in the squad.
Axar sustained a thigh injury during India’s Super 4 match against Bangladesh during the 2023 Asia Cup. He has since been collaborating with medical professionals and physical therapists at the National Cricket Academy. The release of India’s final team, according to multiple media outlets, has been postponed because Axar has not yet regained his match fitness.
India will attempt to start the prestigious competition with a fully healthy and experienced Ravichandran Ashwin rather than a somewhat fit Axar Patel. The decision, however, has not yet been made. In the recently finished ODI series against Australia, Ashwin participated in two games. In two innings, he took four wickets and made an amazing comeback.
Netizens hail cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin:
Ashwin should be in the team 🥺
— Abdul Rafay 🇵🇰 (@rafayhassan17) September 28, 2023
Good decision. Ashwin Anna should be in the WC squad for India
— yang goi (@GongR1ght) September 28, 2023
Oldie knows all tricks.
— Baila Nisar (@BailaNisar) September 28, 2023
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— 𝐋𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫. 🇵🇸 (@ahmarurlimitss) September 28, 2023
The Indian squad is aiming for their third ODI World Cup victory after suffering some narrow losses over the past ten years. In warm-up matches in Guwahati and Trivandrum, respectively, they will face the Netherlands and England to open their respective campaigns. At Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium, the team will open the main event by taking on five-time champions Australia.
On October 14 in Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, India and Pakistan will also play a match. Following these intense contests, India will play Sri Lanka in Qualifier 1 in Mumbai. While waiting for the opening ceremonies to begin on September 29, the participating nations have begun congregating in India. On the first day, South Africa will play Afghanistan in Trivandrum, Pakistan will play New Zealand in Hyderabad, and Bangladesh will play Sri Lanka in Guwahati.
The One Day International Cricket World Championship is known as the Cricket World Cup, or ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. The International Cricket Council, the organisation in charge of overseeing the sport, organises the event every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds preceding a finals competition.
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