Yashasvi Jaiswal Replaces Injured Virat Kohli: The Afghanistan cricket team is currently touring India, where the one-off Test match between the two sides began today, June 6. Amidst this Test match—being played at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh—major news has emerged from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Following this Test match, a three-match ODI series between India and Afghanistan is scheduled to begin on June 13 in Dharamshala. However, Team India has suffered a major setback ahead of this series: star batter Virat Kohli has been ruled out of the ODI series due to an injury.
Yashasvi Jaiswal Named as Virat Kohli’s Replacement for ODI Series
On Saturday, the BCCI’s Senior Men’s Selection Committee officially announced that Yashasvi Jaiswal has been added to the squad as a replacement for the injured Virat Kohli for the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan.
Currently, Jaiswal is part of the playing XI for the ongoing one-off Test match against Afghanistan. However, he failed to play a substantial innings on the first day of the match; he scored 24 runs off 32 balls before being caught out off the bowling of Mohammad Saleem Safi.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal Career Stats: A New Challenge in White-Ball Cricket
So far, Yashasvi Jaiswal has had more opportunities to play red-ball (Test) cricket for India than white-ball (limited-overs) cricket.
Here are his career statistics:
- Test Cricket: Jaiswal has played 29 Test matches for India so far, delivering outstanding performances.
- ODI Cricket: In his four-year career, he has had the opportunity to play only four ODI matches; across these four innings, he has scored a total of 171 runs at an impressive average of 57.
- T20 Cricket: He has played 23 T20 matches for India, amassing a total of 723 runs at an average of 36.15.
In Virat Kohli’s absence, it will be fascinating to see how Jaiswal proves himself in the ODI format if he gets a chance in the playing XI.
India’s Updated Squad for Afghanistan ODI Series
Following Virat Kohli’s withdrawal and the inclusion of Yashasvi Jaiswal, the Indian team’s updated squad is as follows:
Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma*, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Captain), KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya*, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey.
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