The Board of Keep watch over for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday added two gamers, wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan and big-hitter Shahrukh Khan, to the squad for the primary ODI towards the West Indies scheduled to be performed in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
The 2 gamers were added to the squad at the eve of the ODI collection opener after 3 of the gamers within the preliminary 18-man squad examined sure for Covid-19. Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shreyas Iyer have been the 3 at the side of standby participant Navdeep Saini to contract the virus after arriving in Ahmedabad.
Particularly, India added Mayank Agarwal to the ODI squad previous this week however captain Rohit Sharma showed on Saturday that the Karnataka batter remains to be in quarantine. He mentioned he’s going to open with Ishan Kishan within the first ODI, which additionally will probably be India’s a thousandth within the 50-over structure of the sport.
KL Rahul, the vice-captain of the staff, isn’t to be had for the primary ODI because of private causes, the BCCI had mentioned when saying the preliminary squad.
“The All-India Senior Variety Committee has added Ishan Kishan and Shahrukh Khan to India’s squad for the primary ODI towards the West Indies to be performed on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday,” the BCCI mentioned in a free up.
India vs West Indies, 1st ODI Squad
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Ishan Kishan, Shahrukh Khan.
Previous within the day, Rohit make clear the growth of the gamers who examined sure for Covid, confirming that Ishan will open with him within the 1st ODI.
“Ishan is the best choice now we have and he’s going to open with me within the first ODI,” mentioned Rohit.
“Shikhar, Ruturaj and Shreyas are nonetheless in isolation. Mayank used to be added to the squad and he’s nonetheless in quarantine. He joined us past due and now we have sure Covid protection laws in position. If any person is travelling, we need to put them in (necessary three-day) quarantine. He has nonetheless now not completed his quarantine, so Ishan will open the innings.”
Whilst Ishan performed 2 ODIs towards Sri Lanka remaining yr, hitting a fifty on his ODI debut, Shahrukh will get his maiden ODI call-up after spectacular performances in IPL 2021, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy. The Tamil Nadu big-hitter could also be anticipated to cause a bidding battle within the IPL 2022 public sale, scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.
