The Board of Control for Cricket in India selectors, on Saturday, included left-arm spinner Axar Patel in the Indian squad for the last two one-dayers of the ongoing series against Australia and dropped senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. Patel had twisted his ankle before the series-opener at Chennai and in came Jadeja as his replacement in the 15-man squad.
India have already wrapped the series with a comfortable five-wicket win over Australia in Indore, rendering the last last two matches inconsequential. The hosts rose to the the top-spot in the One-day International rankings after chasing down 293 set by the Australians. India will slip down in the rankings if they lose the last two dead-rubber games.
The fourth match will be played in Bengaluru on September 28 while the ODI series will conclude in Nagpur on October 1. The two teams will also clash in a three-match Twenty20 International series.
Squad
Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice- captain), KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami and Axar Patel.
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