There will be no Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah or Mohammed Shami for this series as they were all rested.
There will be no Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah or Mohammed Shami for this series as they were all rested.
Senior opener KL Rahul will lead the Indian team in the three-match ODI series in Zimbabwe after being declared fit by the BCCI medical team.
Shikhar Dhawan, who was earlier made the captain, will now be Rahul’s deputy.
Rahul was recovering from sports hernia surgery and was to play West Indies series first test positive for COVID-19,
Since his recovery was taking time, he was not initially selected for the Zimbabwe tour and was given time to become fully fit ahead of the all-important Asia Cup.
However, after clearing all the required fitness parameters to be available for selection, the medical team has now clarified everything.
Since he is the first-choice deputy in all formats for regular captain Rohit Sharma, his availability meant that Dhawan was dropped as vice-captain for the series.
With the inclusion of Rahul, the team’s tally increased to 16 as the selectors did not replace any player. But Rahul’s presence means that there is no chance for Ruturaj Gaikwad to play in this series.
There will be no Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah or Mohammed Shami for this series as they were all rested.
Bumrah, however, is suffering from a back injury and has already been ruled out of the Asia Cup to be held in the UAE starting August 27.
From this squad Rahul, Deepak Hooda are the only two players in the main team.
Indian team for 3 ODIs: KL Rahul (captain), Shikhar Dhawan (vice captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Famous Krishna, Mohammad Siraj, Deepak Chahar.