India vs Australia 3rd ODI: Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur likely to rest, suspense continues on Axar Patel
The Indian Express. Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels :rocket: Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest financial insights! Click here! This goes well with the management's plan of resting some players ahead of the ICC World Cup 2023. In the first two ODIs skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav rested. "Luckily we got a fair amount of cricket at the Asia Cup.
If not, we would've looked at it some other way. More than physical, sometimes guys need a mental break, which isn't a bad thing leading into a tournament like the World Cup," BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar said. One not-so-good news for the Indian team in all this is Axar Patel not getting completely fit.
He was injured in the Asia Cup 2023 and the team planned to include him in the Australia series owing to his fitness, but now it is confirmed that he will not play the third ODI against Australia in Rajkot. Axar Patel's absence in the Australia series clouds his chances in the ICC World Cup 2023 as he is part of the squad. In case Axar Patel gets ruled out of ICC World Cup 2023 then India might look towards Ravichandran Ashwin whose wonderful spell last night provided the team with more confidence.
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