Hardik Pandya was ruled out of the upcoming home series against Australia, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Thursday.
Hardik Pandya was ruled out of the upcoming home series against Australia, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Thursday.
Pandya would miss out on the limited-overs series because of a lower back issue and Ravindra Jadeja was named his replacement in the 50-over format series.
Jadeja, who recently did well during India's Oceania tour, would want to grab this opportunity, keeping in mind the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup, which is less than 100 days from commencing in England.
India are set to play two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and five One-Day International (ODIs), starting Sunday with the first T20I at Bengaluru.
Visakhapatnam will host the second T20I before the ODIs kick-off in Hyderabad on March 2 and the other matches in Nagpur, Ranchi and Mohali.
The series will be crucial for both the sides considering the ICC Cricket World Cup, which will begin at the end of May and both the sides will want to hone their sides before the multi-nation event.
While the Aussies are the defending champions, Virat Kohli's India is being considered as one of the favouirtes to lift the trophy this time along with hosts England.
India's 15-member squad for the first two ODIs: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohamed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Rishabh Pant, Siddharth Kaul, KL Rahul
India’s squad for remaining three ODIs: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant
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