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India’s squad for Australia tour: Why Axar Patel is preferred over Ravindra Jadeja, waiting game for Abhishek Sharma, and end of the road for Mohammed Shami?
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In place of them came Prasidh Krishna, a seamer Rohit Sharma was keen on for the 2023 World Cup until he struggled with injuries, and Washington Sundar, an all-rounder who has been waiting in the wings for a while.
From now till the end of the season, India have nine ODIs – three each against Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.
Story continues below this adJaiswal ahead of SharmaGiven his recent form, there was noise around Abhishek Sharma being in contention for a spot in the ODI squad.
Having been part of the T20 World Cup squad last year, it is understood that the team management sees him as the perfect candidate to take over from Rohit Sharma.
And as soon as Pandya was unavailable for the trip Down Under because of an injury he picked up during the Asia Cup, Nitish became a straightforward choice.