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Monday, Jun 16, 2025
Ishan Kishan, who smashed the fastest ODI double ton against Bangladesh in his last ODI outing, could make the playing XI in place of Shubman Gill.
Asked to bat first, India rode on Kohli's 87-ball 113 and fluent half-centuries from his successor Rohit Sharma (83) and Shubman Gill (70) to rake up an imposing 373 for seven.
It was also decided that a pool of 20 players will be rotated till the 2023 World Cup.
Virat Kohli and K L Rahul are also not part of the shortest format and there is an indication that the duo along with Rohit might not be picked again keeping the 2024 T20 World Cup in mind.
K L Rahul, who captained India in the first Test, will continue as stand-in skipper.
K L Rahul will captain the side in Rohit's absence. Abhimanyu Easwaran has been named as Rohit's replacement.
Deepak Chahar and Kuldeep Sen are also out of the ODI series, India's head coach Rahul Dravid told reporters.
We should accept the truth that the national squad has increasingly started looking like a “Dad’s Army”.
For all their talk of showing intent and playing aggressive cricket for the past one year, the Indian top order was shaky against England in the semifinal.
Rohit's only fifty came against the Netherlands. Rahul struck half-centuries against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, which did little to convince critics that he is a big match player.
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