Before the World Cup 2023, the Indian team has to play a three-match ODI series against Australia, which is to start from September 22. Team India was announced for this series on Monday. Two different teams were announced for the ODI series.
Team India will be captained by KL Rahul for the first two matches. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav were rested in the first two matches, while these players have returned to the squad for the third ODI.
With this, Ravichandran Ashwin returned to the ODI team after almost 20 months. Rohit Sharma and BCCI Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar announced the team. During this, Ajit Agarkar made a big prediction about a player. He believes that this player can prove to be a trump card for India in the ODI World Cup.
Actually, the morale of the Indian team is high after winning the title of Asia Cup 2023. After this historic victory, Team India now has its eyes on the World Cup, but before this tournament, India has to play a three-match ODI series (IND vs AUS) against Australia, in which the senior players were rested for the first two matches. Is.
While R Ashwin, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Washington Sundar have got a place in the team. Kuldeep Yadav, who performed brilliantly in the Asia Cup, has also been rested for the first two ODIs. BCCI Chief Selector praised Kuldeep Yadav during the press conference. Ajit Agarkar said that Kuldeep Yadav will prove to be India’s trump card in the World Cup 2023.
Ajit said,
“Kuldeep has a lot of talent. Every player needs support and the team management has done exactly that with Kuldeep. He will prove to be India’s trump card. Where he is right now, we are all very excited about what lies ahead.”
Such is the ODI career of Kuldeep Yadav
If we talk about Kuldeep Yadav’s ODI career, then let us tell you that till now he has taken 150 wickets while playing a total of 89 matches. During this period his best bowling figure was 6/25. He took a total of 9 wickets in Asia Cup 2023. He received the Player of the Series award after the tournament.