Indian squad for Zimbabwe ODI series announced; Dhawan to lead
Opening batsman KL Rahul has been left out of the Indian team traveling to Zimbabwe for the one-day series next month due to aggravating leg muscle injury. Due to this injury, Rahul’s chances of playing in the T20 World Cup can be affected. India will play three ODIs in Zimbabwe on August 18, 20 and 22.
The return of these players
Apart from off-spinner Washington Sundar, who made a great start to county cricket with Lancashire, fast bowler Deepak Chahar has returned to the team. Chahar was undergoing rehabilitation due to a leg muscle and then a back injury. Chahar has not played competitive cricket for the last five months and was ruled out of IPL 2022 as well. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli, skipper Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya have all been rested from the tour as the T20 World Cup with less than three months to go is the team’s priority right now with the .
Virat will return in Asia Cup
The source said, “Virat has spoken to the selectors that he will be available from the Asia Cup. The team’s top players will barely get rest from the Asia Cup till the end of the World T20. So it is two weeks after the West Indies tour when he can be rested.’ Washington was expected to return. He has been out of the team first due to hand injury and then due to Covid-19 infection. He went through successful rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy and has also taken five wickets in an innings in three matches for Lancashire.
#TeamIndia for 3 ODIs against Zimbabwe: Shikhar Dhawan (Capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Deepak Chahar.
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 30, 2022
Dhawan will captain
Shikhar Dhawan will continue to lead the team in the absence of Rohit, Rahul and Pant. Rahul Tripathi, who was included in the team for the T20 International against Ireland, has also been included in the ODI team for the first time.
