The Indian cricket workforce on Thursday sweated it out in nets forward of its first ODI of three-match collection towards Australia. India will tackle Australia within the first ODI at Mohali on Friday. The three-match collection towards Australia shall be India’s ultimate project earlier than the ICC Cricket World Cup at dwelling from October 5 onwards.  Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul, India’s skipper for the primary two ODIs, and Suryakumar Yadav had been seen practising within the nets. This collection shall be essential for Ruturaj and Tilak as it is going to give them some sport time forward of the beginning of their Asian Games males’s cricket marketing campaign from October 3 onwards. KL, who made a triumphant return in India’s Asia Cup profitable marketing campaign not too long ago, may even be aiming to unleash “KL 2.0”, as he has been described by followers for trying extra assured and aggressive whereas batting, on Aussies.

Suryakumar Yadav’s future as an ODI participant may be depending on this collection, as after a disappointing run of performances within the 50-over format has seen many followers name for his axing from the squad. Scoring 537 in 27 ODIs at a mean of round 24 with simply two fifties, time is ticking for this batter, who has then again has skilled one of many best peaks of type ever in T20Is.

1,841 runs in 53 T20I matches at a mean of over 46, a strike fee of above 172 and three centuries, and 15 fifties sit in distinction along with his ODI stats. This has left many questioning why he has not cracked the ODI code until but. On the opposite hand, many gamers, followers and even workforce administration proceed to again him, hoping that this ferocious ball-striker will discover his ft in ODIs and replicate his otherworldly T20I performances.

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Ahead of the match, head coach Rahul Dravid mentioned about Surya, “We have picked our team for the World Cup and Surya is in it.”

“We made that decision to do that and we completely back him. We back him because he’s got a certain quality and an ability that we have seen. Yes, I know we have seen it at the moment only in T20 cricket, but we know the kind of impact a player like him can make batting at six.”

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“He can change the course of a game, so we have completely backed him.  We have been pretty clear about that.  There’s been total clarity on the fact that we are completely behind him.”

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“We know that hopefully, he will be able to turn it around in these three games. Again, he is someone who will get these three games, and at least the first couple certainly, to be able to again develop and keep growing on his journey as a one-day cricketer,” Dravid concluded.

India squad for first 2 ODIs:KL Rahul (Captain & Wicket Keeper), Ravindra Jadeja (Vice-captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

India squad for ultimate ODI:Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, (Vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel (topic to health), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj.