England 2022 world cup squad

Veteran offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been named in India’s final 15-man squad for the 2023 World Cup. Ashwin, 37, replaces Axar Patel, who had been named in the provisional squad but has not recovered from his left quadriceps strain. He suffered the injury in the Asia Cup match against Bangladesh on September 15. Ashwin has already travelled to Guwahati with the team, where they play England in their first warm-up game on September 30.

Ashwin, who ended up playing two of the three home ODIs against Australia in the meanwhile, took his opportunity to make a return in the format with both hands and picked four wickets across two matches. He picked 3 for 41 in the second ODI in Indore, where his full array of skills were on display. Both David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne, undone by different varieties of Ashwin’s carrom balls, found him difficult to negotiate on what was a very good batting track at the Holkar Stadium.

Ashwin’s inclusion adds an offspinner to India’s squad alongside Ravindra Jadeja’s left-arm orthodox and Kuldeep Yadav’s left-arm wristspin, making it a complete spin attack on paper.

Ahead of the final ODI in Rajkot, Rohit had spoken highly of Ashwin’s ability to deliver in the big moments. “He has got the class and the experience of playing the sport and handling the pressure,” the captain had said. “It is just that he has not played ODIs in the last year or so, but you cannot take away the class and the experience… and in the last couple of games we saw how well he bowled.”

This will be Ashwin’s third ODI World Cup and his second at home. He was a part of India’s victorious campaign in 2011 and went on to play the 2015 edition in Australia too. However, he wasn’t picked for the 2019 edition when India decided to go in with two leg spinners but since then, the team management has found a way to reintegrate finger-spin in their game plans.

Full squad : Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah

Australia have included Marnus Labuschagne in their 15-man squad for the World Cup as replacement for the injured Ashton Agar. It is the only change to the original squad announced by Cricket Australia with destructive batter Travis Head retaining his spot despite his own injury with the hope of him being available midway through the tournament.

Squad: Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Marsh, David Warner, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa

Left-arm spinner Agar was picked as one of two frontline spinners in the priliminary squad named on September 6. He picked up a calf injury on the tour of South Africa and returned home for the birth of his first child. Subsequently, he missed the series in India.

Brought back for the ODIs in South Africa, Labuschange top-scored with 283 runs from five games at an average of 70.75 and and added another 138 runs at 46 from three games in India.

Meanwhile, Australia decided to keep Head in the squad despite the South Australian suffering a fractured hand during the fourth ODI against South Africa and some way away from regaining match readiness. “This was a tough call but unfortunately, we couldn’t carry both Travis and Ashton into the tournament with the injuries they have,” chief of selectors George Bailey said..

“We have made the decision to carry Travis through the early stages with the aim of him being available around the mid part of the tournament. He has been a really important player in this ODI team and we are hopeful his return can provide a positive impetus as it gets to the business end of the tournament.

“Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell are progressing well through the rehabilitation of their respective injuries and it was pleasing to see them return to the playing eleven last night,” he added.

Meanwhile, Matt Short and Tanveer Sangha, who were part of the tour of India, will remain with the squad until at least the conclusion of the warm-up matches. Australia begin their quest for a sixth ODI World Cup title with a clash against India in Chennai on October 8.