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India, who entered the 2022 Asia Cup as a preview to the T20 World Cup in Australia next October, lost in a tense Super 4 round and exited without even qualifying for the finals. So the Indian fans who are worried about where India will win the World Cup in Australia, who cannot win the trophy here, are getting more confused as almost the same team that participated in the Asia Cup has been announced for the World Cup. In that situation, India will play 6 T20 matches at home before the World Cup, and will first take on defending champions Australia in a 3-match T20 series.
In the series that starts on September 20, some important players like Bumrah have been rested and after a long time Mohammed Shami and Deepak Sahar have been given a chance. Some of the players who were the main reason for the defeat in the recent Asia Cup are coming to rectify their mistakes in this series. Especially since some players have been selected in the World Cup squad, let’s take a look at how they are expected to play under pressure to perform well in this series:
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3. Rishabh Bund: Since last 2017, he has not performed well enough to stand in the mind of the fans after receiving excessive opportunities of 58 matches, and his failure again in the Asia Cup was the reason for the failure. Especially after taking off Dinesh Karthik and acting modestly in the given opportunity and bowing to the team management, his selection in the World Cup has raised severe criticism.
Because of that, he will have to perform well in this Australia series to justify his selection and will no doubt play under pressure as he has to respond to criticism.
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2. Yuzwenna Chahal: Having played as the main spinner since 2017, he lost his form last year and was forced to drop out of the T20 World Cup in Dubai. But after working hard and performing brilliantly in the 2022 IPL to win the Purple Cap and return to form to regain a consistent place, he did not bowl enough to make an impact in any match in the Asia Cup.
Ashwin and Axar Patel, who can bat significantly, can compete with him who has been selected as the main spin bowler in the World Cup team. So he is under pressure to perform well and take a lot of wickets in Australia and South Africa T20 series to play as the main spinner in the World Cup without any question.
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1. KL Rahul: After 2019, his IPL market has reached a huge amount of 17 crores after showing his amazing batting as a run machine surpassing Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. So he wants to retain that market and in recent times playing at a low strike rate with a selfish desire to score big runs without worrying about the team’s success has ultimately resulted in failure.
So while the fans are already upset, after the injury he suffered after the IPL 2022 series, he started in the Zimbabwe series and got out with a meager 1, 30 runs. After his performance cost India a defeat, the team management trusted him again and chose him as the vice-captain in the World Cup. So it is noteworthy that he is going to play in this Australian series under great pressure to stop criticism and return to form.
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