Hardik Pandya lined out of India VS Australia 2019 ODI Matches due to Injury

Hardik Pandya has been lined out of the forthcoming series in contradiction of Australia. The reason behind it was that Hardik Pandya was having a lower back stiffness and due to medically unfit he was ruled out of the upcoming tournament. He has been swapped by Ravindra Jadeja in the team India squad.

On observing the condition of Pandya, the Medical team of BCCI decided to give a break to the all-rounder and let him rest and go through strength and training work for his lower back at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. Pandya is going to begin his strength workouts from next week onward.

At the present, the T20I squad is going to be made of 14 team members. Ravindra Jadeja has been named for the replacement for Hardik Pandya for the 5 ODIs.

After being banned from the ODI series for the controversial comments on a TV chat show, Hardik Pandya made its comeback into the Indian squad for the ODI series against New Zealand. After his comeback, his performances were quite striking and remarkable, but this back injury could be a worthy opportunity for both Ravindra Jadeja and Vijay Shankar to stake a privilege as the all-rounder in the team India side.

Indian Squad

The Team India squad for 1st and 2nd ODI against Australia are as follows:

Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (Vice Captain), MS Dhoni (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Jasprit Bumrah,  Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Rishabh Pant, Siddharth Kaul, KL Rahul

The Team India squad for third, fourth and fifth ODIs are as follows:

Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), MS Dhoni (WK),Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Vijay Shankar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant

From Friday onwards, India VS Australia 2019 (T20 Match) is going to start. There are going to be 2 T20 Matches on 24 February 2019 and 27 February 2019. The first match will held on Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on 24 February 2019 at 7:00 PM. Whereas, the second T20 Match will held in M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on 27 February 2019 at 7:00 PM.

India VS Australia: Indian Cricket Team Players Squads (T20)

Virat Kohli(c), Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Lokesh Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Vijay Shankar, Umesh Yadav, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

India VS Australia 2019: ODI Matches

The India VS Australia ODIs are going to commence from 2 March 2019 and will conclude on 13 March 2019 and the schedule for the 5 ODI Matches are as follows: