Ravichandran Ashwin made a last-minute entry into India’s 2023 World Cup team. He has come in as a replacement for Axar Patel, who got injured just before the mega event. Patel played in the final match of the Super Fours round against Bangladesh, where he got injured during the Asia Cup.
Because of the injury, Patel was ruled out of the home ODI series against Australia. The left-arm spinner has been ruled out of the World Cup as well, with Ravichandran Ashwin taking his place in the squad. This is not the first time Ashwin has been recalled to the Indian squad for the World Cup.
Ashwin also featured in the Indian squads that participated in ICC T20 World Cup 2021 and 2022 even though he had been out of the T20I team for the bilateral matches. After his selection in the T20 World Cup 2021 squad, Ashwin posted the following tweet:
“2017: I wrote this quote down a million times in my diary before putting this up on the wall! Quotes that we read and admire have more power when we internalise them and apply in life. Happiness and gratitude are the only 2 words that define me now.”
The quote reads: “Every tunnel has light at the end of it. But only those in the tunnel who believe in the light will live to see it.”
2017: I wrote this quote down a million times in my diary before putting this up on the wall! Quotes that we read and admire have more power when we internalise them and apply in life.
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) September 8, 2021
Happiness and gratitude are the only 2 words that define me now.🙏 #t20worldcup2021 pic.twitter.com/O0L3y6OBLl
Who are present in India’s World Cup team for 2023 WC?
Here is the complete Indian squad revised after the last-minute change that was made yesterday following the news update of Axar Patel’s injury.
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav.
India’s first match in the World Cup is against the Australian cricket team in Chennai on October 8. India will play two warm-up matches before that. The first is against England on Se[tember 30 and the second is against the Netherlands on October 3.
