ODI World Cup 2023 is on its way and cricket fanatics cannot keep calm. For all the right reasons? Indeed for all the right reasons. The WC 2023 is going to mark its commencement on 5th October. Furthermore, India will have its first fixture on 8th October where the men in blue will face the Australians. Many renowned cricketers like Yuzvendra Chahal and Sanju Samson are sadly not part of the Indian squad. Now, Axar Patel has also been excluded from the squad.
Axar Patel has been replaced by Ravichandran Ashwin in the 2023 World Cup Squad
The 29-year-old all-rounder Axar Patel has been in a decent format for quite some time. However, on Thursday, September 28, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made a significant announcement regarding their squad for the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023. To say that it concerned Axar Patel’s participation in the 2023 WC would be a sheer understatement.
Well, amid the preparation for the highly anticipated tournament, the host nation that is none other than India has chosen to exclude Axar Patel from the squad. Not just that, his replacement has also been announced in the 15-member squad. His replacement is none other than a 37-year-old experienced off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
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What is interesting to note is that during the Asia Cup, Axar Patel sustained a left quadriceps strain and has not recovered yet. This incident took place on 15th September during India and Bangladesh’s iconic fixture. This is the reason why he has been replaced for the much-awaited ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
After this big change in the World Cup Squad, Axar Patel took to Instagram and shared two cryptic posts
Following this big change in the WC squad that led to Patel’s exclusion in the WC Squad, he shared two cryptic posts. The all-rounder took to Instagram and posted two stories, the first one was an image depicting a human skeleton using scissors to cut a heart. Here have a look at it,
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The second story that he posted had a cryptic message that was not exactly decipherable. Nonetheless, it gave off a vibe that related to nothing but this big change in the squad. He added a broken heart emoji as he wrote,
“Should have taken science instead of Commerce and hired a better PR”Â
Here have a look at it,
What is worth noting is that minutes after posting two cryptic stories Axar Patel deleted them.
Here is the 15-member World Cup Squad for the men in blue
The wait is finally over because now we have a final list of the 15-member World Cup squad list. The BCCI has released the list and the players are as the follow,
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya (vc), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, and R Ashwin.
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India will have a faceoff with Australia at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Tamil Nadu. The Australian squad includes Pat Cummins (C), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, and Mitchell Starc.
