IND Vs AUS ODI Series 2023 Ajit Agarkar answers why Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are rested for the first 2 ODIs against Australia

Ajit Agarkar’s answer on why Rohit and Kohli are resting: After winning the title of Asia Cup 2023, now Team India will play a 3-match ODI series against Australia at home before the start of ODI World Cup 2023. When Team India was announced for this series on September 18, many surprising decisions were seen. In this, Ravichandran Ashwin is included in the team. Apart from Rohit and Kohli, the decision to rest Hardik Pandya for the first 2 matches is also included.

Team India’s chief selector Ajit Agarkar also answered the question asked on the decision to give rest to Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma before the World Cup. Agarkar said that Rohit and Kohli are with us all the time and Hardik is also a very important player for us. We have to handle them better.

Kuldeep Yadav was also not included in the first 2 ODI matches of the series against Australia. On this, Agarkar said that Kuldeep performed very well in the Asia Cup and he is in very good form at the moment. This has also given us an opportunity to try other players. We can also see this in another way that we want to give rest to the players both physically and mentally before the big tournament.

All important players available for the third ODI

In the last match of this ODI series, Team India will come on the field with its full strength. Regarding the team for the last ODI, Ajit Agarkar said that all the players are available for this match and our World Cup team will be seen playing. We got a chance in this series to try those players who were sitting outside till now.

Team for the first 2 ODIs for the series against Australia,

KL Rahul (captain), Ravindra Jadeja (vice-captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, Ravi Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna.

Indian team for the last ODI match,

Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel (depending on fitness) On), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.

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