On Tuesday the All-India Senior Selection Committee declared that Shahbaz Ahmed against Zimbabwe has replaced “injured” Washington Sundar for the approaching three-match ODI series, beginning August 18 in Harare.
On Tuesday “Washington Sundar injured his shoulder while playing a County game in England. He has been ruled out of the Zimbabwe tour,” stated an official media release issued by the board.
“India will play the first ODI against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on August 18, 2022”, also said by board.
Prior, it was publicize that Shikhar Dhawan would take the lead India for the series against Zimbabwe. However, KL Rahul was consider fit, and now the right-handed batter would be leading the side.
Lately, Cricketer Dhawan had led India to 3-0 ODI series win over West Indies. Dhawan had formed a tremendous opening partnership with Shubman Gill.
On Saturday Team India had departed for Zimbabwe. The bona fide Twitter handle of BCCI also shared pictures of the team India leaving for Zimbabwe.
India’s selected players for 3 ODIs: KL Rahul (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Avesh Khan Deepak Chahar, Shahbaz Ahmed.