Ravichandran Ashwin Replaces Injured Axar Patel In India’s Squad For Cricket World Cup 2023

Veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was included in India’s Cricket World Cup 2023 squad instead of the injured Axar Patel. Axar suffered the damage through the Asia Cup 2023 Super 4 match in opposition to Bangladesh and the all-rounder didn’t get well in time for the competitors. Ashwin was included within the Indian cricket workforce for the lately concluded ODI collection in opposition to Australia and he ended up taking 4 wickets within the two matches. Ashwin be a part of Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav as India’s spin choices for the match. India will play their first match of the competitors in opposition to Australia on October 8.

“India have been forced to make a late change to their 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. Axar Patel has failed to recover in time for the World Cup after sustaining a left quadriceps strain during India’s Asia Cup Super Four encounter against Bangladesh. The spin-bowling all-rounder missed the final of the Asia Cup as a result. Veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been named his replacement, who was impressive on his return to ODI cricket in the recently concluded series against Australia where he picked up four wickets in two games,” the ICC web site acknowledged.

This would be the third World Cup for Ashwin who featured within the 2011 and 2015 editions.

India’s squad for Cricket World Cup 2023:Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.