Cricket World Cup 2023: The Indian team management on Friday announced that R Ashwin has been selected in the 15-man India World Cup squad at the expense of injured Axar Patel.
The announcement was made by the ICC through a post on their website.
Axar, who had been out with an injury to his left quadriceps since the Asia Cup 2023 tournament was also left out of the 3-ODI bilateral series against Australia which concluded on September 27. As per reports, Axar Patel was recovering at the BCCI's National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru and failed to recover in time for the World Cup.
BCCI Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar had mentioned while naming the 15-man squad for the Australia series that they were hoping Axar Patel would be fit. Agarkar had also pointed out that both R Ashwin and Washington Sundar would be replacements in case Axar did not recover in time for the World Cup.
As per player inclusion rules set by the International Cricket Council (ICC), all teams participating in the ODI World Cup were required to announce their 15-player squads before September 28. Any replacements after this date will only be authorized post approval from the ICC board.
India World Cup Squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), 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
R Ashwin replaces injured Axar Patel in the 15-member squad.
September 28, 2023
We wish Axar a speedy recovery 👍 👍#TeamIndia's final squad for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 is here 🙌#CWC23 pic.twitter.com/aejYhJJQrTThe exclusion of R Ashwin from the World Cup squad had drawn a lot of criticism from fans and cricket experts from India and around the world. Many were left amused as to how the number 1 Test bowler fail to find a spot in the pool of 15 players participating in the biggest tournament of the ODI format, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
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