Axar continued to bat regardless of the bruising and wanted some spraying on the affected space. He made a valiant 38-ball 42 in India’s chase of 266. Eventually, India fell six quick.

Washington was to be a part of a conditioning camp known as by the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru for India’s Asian Games-bound squad. It’s probably he’ll rejoin the group following the conclusion of the Asia Cup, if Axar is cleared to play within the three ODIs to comply with towards Australia from September 22.

India’s present squad lacks an offspinner, which is among the areas the group administration hopes could be compensated by the presence of two left-arm spinning allrounders in Axar and Ravindra Jadeja. Kuldeep Yadav, in the meantime, is the one specialist spinner in India’s squad of 15.

Washington, who was out for 3 months resulting from a hamstring damage, was most-recently a part of India’s second-rung squad that performed three T20Is in Ireland final month. Prior to that, he featured for South Zone of their victorious Deodhar Trophy (50-overs) and Duleep Trophy (first-class) campaigns.