Superstar Virat Kohli says he is ready to play in the Asia Cup. The national media reports that the player has asked the selectors to consider him in the team. Kohli was rested for the ODI and T20I series against the West Indies and the ODI series against Zimbabwe. It is not clear whether this was requested by the actor. Meanwhile, it is suggested that the player may play in the T20 series against Zimbabwe. (Asia Cup Virat Kohli)
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Malayalam player Sanju Samson has been included in the ODI squad against Zimbabwe. The player who performed well in the ODI series against West Indies retained his place in the team. Rituraj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Axar Patel and Deepak Hooda also retained their place in the team. Shikhar Dhawan is the hero. Ishan Kishan is also in the team. Pacer Deepak Chahar and spinner Washington Sundar are back in the Indian team. Rahul Tripathi is also in the team. This is the first time that Tripathi has been considered in the ODI team.
Apart from Deepak Chahar, pacers Pyath Krishna, Shardul Thakur and Mohammad Siraj won the team. Yuzvendra Chahal has been rested from the ODI series. Kuldeep Yadav is a specialist spinner.
Indian cricket team for ODI series against Zimbabwe: Shikhar Dhawan (Capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Deepak Chahar.
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