Ashwin India's trump card in World Cup final?
The 2023 ODI world cup concludes tomorrow at the narendra modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Before the big day, india hosted an optional training session. Some notable absences included the pace-bowling combo of mohammed shami, Mohammed Siraj, and Jasprit Bumrah, as well as kuldeep yadav, Virat Kohli, and Shubman Gill. It had been a rather calm training session. Only a few had joined head coach rahul dravid and his support team at the location, with the highlight being their extended chat on the pitch as they stood beside it at the end of the net session, which also generated an unusual inquiry about India's probable XI.
For the previous six games, rohit sharma and the team management have kept the same starting lineup. When hardik pandya was ruled out due to injury midway through the competition, there was a huge discussion about the starting lineup. Nonetheless, India's Plan B worked wonderfully and gave them an even better team, with shami coming off the bench to notch up three five-wicket hauls in those six games.
As a result, the final combination should be a no-brainer. However, the optional training session on friday in ahmedabad left observers wondering if, for a change, india may bring a trump card to the final in Ravichandran Ashwin, who was one of six players from the team present in the nets. KL Rahul, ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan, and Prasidh krishna were among the others.
While the session was primarily focused on Rohit's intense batting session in which he data-faced a local leg-spinner and a left-arm spinner in preparation for facing Adam Zampa, and ravindra Jadeja's two separate sessions, one of which included death-over batting, Ashwin was also present. He used every bowling option at his disposal, including some ripping leg-breaks, while also having a batting session as Dravid observed intently, implying that india may be in for a lone change in the lineup.
Is Ashwin in place of Siraj?
For the previous six games, rohit sharma and the team management have kept the same starting lineup. When hardik pandya was ruled out due to injury midway through the competition, there was a huge discussion about the starting lineup. Nonetheless, India's Plan B worked wonderfully and gave them an even better team, with shami coming off the bench to notch up three five-wicket hauls in those six games.
As a result, the final combination should be a no-brainer. However, the optional training session on friday in ahmedabad left observers wondering if, for a change, india may bring a trump card to the final in Ravichandran Ashwin, who was one of six players from the team present in the nets. KL Rahul, ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan, and Prasidh krishna were among the others.
While the session was primarily focused on Rohit's intense batting session in which he data-faced a local leg-spinner and a left-arm spinner in preparation for facing Adam Zampa, and ravindra Jadeja's two separate sessions, one of which included death-over batting, Ashwin was also present. He used every bowling option at his disposal, including some ripping leg-breaks, while also having a batting session as Dravid observed intently, implying that india may be in for a lone change in the lineup.
Is Ashwin in place of Siraj?
Ashwin, who was a last-minute addition to the world cup squad in place of the injured Axar Patel, appeared in only one match, against australia at the opening of the tournament on the spin-friendly chennai surdata-face. In 8 overs, he took one wicket for 34 runs. When india last won the world cup in 2011, then-skipper ms dhoni made only one change in the final, bringing back S sreesanth, who had only played in the team's first game of the season. sreesanth was recalled for the injured ashish Nehra at the time.
On Sunday, Ashwin might take over for Mohammed Siraj, who has been inconsistent in this event. Australia's left-handed openers, Travis Head and David Warner, have an excellent record against steve smith and Marnus Labuschagne.
On Sunday, Ashwin might take over for Mohammed Siraj, who has been inconsistent in this event. Australia's left-handed openers, Travis Head and David Warner, have an excellent record against steve smith and Marnus Labuschagne.