Ravindra Jadeja Out Of Asia Cup With Knee Injury, Axar Patel Replaces Him

Mumbai: The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Axar Patel as the replacement for Ravindra Jadeja in the ongoing Asia Cup.

Ravindra Jadeja has sustained a right knee injury and is ruled out of the tournament. He is currently under the supervision of the BCCI medical team.

His replacement, Axar Patel, was earlier named as one of the standbys in the squad and will join the team in Dubai soon.

Jadeja’s injury comes as a big blow to the Indian team as the star all-rounder was the Rohit Sharma-led side’s second-highest scorer in the five-wicket win over Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022 opener.

Jadeja had surpassed former pacer Irfan Pathan to become India’s highest wicket-taker in the history of the Asia Cup tournament. Jadeja achieved this feat during his side’s Group A tie against Hong Kong in Dubai in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022. Jadeja took 23 wickets across six Asia Cup tournaments.

India’s squad for Asia Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan

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