After Virat Kohli is out of the ODI series against Afghanistan, his replacement will now be announced. Just a short time ago suddenly the news of Kohli not playing came to light. There is talk about who will be Virat Kohli’s replacement. In this, Rajat Patidar and Tilak Verma are said to be the front runners. Besides, the question is also being raised whether the IPL workload became too heavy for Kohli, hence he had to be out due to injury.
Rajat Patidar and Tilak Verma can be included in Team India’s squad.
The ODI series against Afghanistan will start from June 13, there is not much time left for it. Kohli was out about 9 days before the start of the series. Two names are emerging prominently as his replacement. It includes Rajat Patidar and Tilak Verma. With Kohli out, it is almost certain that Shreyas Iyer, who is already in the team as vice-captain, will play in his place at number three. After this KL Rahul will come. That means the team will need a lower middle order batsman.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad are also contenders
Although the names of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad can also be taken, but these two batsmen have not batted much down the order in ODIs. That is why the names of Rajat Patidar and Tilak are being taken. RCB had recently won the IPL title under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar. Now he is playing Madhya Pradesh T20 League. He is in tremendous form at the moment and is also scoring a lot of runs. Tilak Verma is also scoring decent runs and can play wherever the team needs him.
Top players of Team India have to play continuously in IPL.
Jasprit Bumrah has been rested after playing continuously in IPL. Bumrah is out of Test and ODI series. Although he has not suffered any injury, he has been kept out as a precautionary measure. Now Kohli is also out after playing IPL. In such a situation, it is natural to raise the question whether the workload of IPL is burdening the players. In IPL, big players play continuously for two months and they also have to travel after almost every match. It affects the body. When there are international matches after IPL, this kind of thing comes up every time.
India’s ODI team: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), KL Rahul (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey.
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