Mohammad Kaif feels that Ravichandran Ashwin would not have been within the World Cup image had Axar Patel not been injured.
Axar was dominated out of the Asia Cup last resulting from a hamstring damage. The damage occurred throughout India’s Super Four match in opposition to Bangladesh on September seventeenth, 2023. Patel sustained a number of accidents, together with successful on his forearm from a deep throw and a pressure in his left quadriceps. The most regarding of those is his hamstring challenge, which may probably maintain him out of the upcoming three-match one-day worldwide (ODI) collection in opposition to Australia.
Axar has been named within the squad for the third ODI in opposition to Australia, topic to health.
The severity of Patel’s damage was confirmed as a small muscular tear, which usually takes round two to a few weeks to heal. This restoration timeline places Patel’s participation within the preliminary video games of the World Cup unsure.
In gentle of Patel’s damage, Ashwin has been recalled to the Indian ODI squad after almost two years. Ashwin’s return comes forward of the World Cup and the upcoming collection in opposition to Australia, which begins on September twenty second, 2023.
Speaking to Star Sports, as quoted by Hindustan Times, Kaif mentioned that Ashwin would have by no means been within the World Cup scene if not for Axar’s damage. The former cricketer feels that the pressure damage may take a minimum of two to a few weeks to get better and that’s the reason India determined to go along with Ashwin.
Kaif additionally mentioned that there is no such thing as a comparability between Ashwin and Washington Sundar, given the previous’s exploits in worldwide cricket.
“If Axar hadn’t been injured then we wouldn’t have seen this move and Ashwin would have never been in the scene. Now Axar has suffered a strain injury and that takes time to recover from. No matter what they say that he will be back in a week’s time but such injuries take at least 2-3 weeks to recover from. That is why they went for the experience in Ashwin. And remember, there is no comparison between Ashwin and Sundar. He has 900 wickets (712) across formats!”
Published On:
Sep 20, 2023
