Following a proper knee damage, Ravindra Jadeja has been dominated out of 2022 Asia Cup. The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Axar Patel as Jadeja’s alternative within the squad whereas the BCCI medical group at present supervise the latter.
Axar was earlier named as one of many standbys within the squad and can be part of the group in Dubai quickly, BCCI revealed in a media advisory on Friday.
NEWS – Axar Patel replaces injured Ravindra Jadeja in Asia Cup squad.
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Jadeja had earlier sustained an damage on the identical knee in the course of the three-match collection in opposition to England in July and it looks as if the 33-year-old could not have totally recovered from the identical. The Chennai Super Kings captain early within the IPL season was additionally dominated out of the 22 version of the franchise league after struggling a rib cage damage.
The left handed all-rounder had bowled six overs selecting one wicket throughout the 2 matches and scored 35 off 29 deliveries within the Group A opener in opposition to Pakistan.
Featuring in 25 T20Is for India, Axar has scored 147 runs and picked 21 wickets. The Delhi Capitals participant had additionally been a part of the India squad in the course of the West Indies collection.
India’s squad for Asia Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan