Asia Cup: Axar replaces Shardul as India win toss, elect to bat first against Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sep 12: Left-arm Orthodox spinner Axar Patel replaces Shardul Thakur, as India won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in the fourth game of Super 4 stage of Asia Cup 2023 at R Premdasa Stadium, Colombo, here on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka are unchanged.
After a historic 228-run victory against Pakistan on Monday, India will play Sri Lanka. The Indian batting looks solid as KL Rahul and Virat Kohli duo hit Century after a rocking start by openers Rohit Sharma and Shubhman Gill.
Kuldeep Yadav registered his second One Day International (ODI) 5-wicket haul against Pakistan and took India to victory after a heroic batting effort.
“It’s the challenge you come across as a sportsman,” Rohit says, on playing for the third straight day. “You’ve got to adjust, adapt as quickly as you can, The pitch looks a little dry, there is no grass on the pitch, so Axar Patel replaces Shardul Thakur,” said Indian Skipper Rohit Sharma.
Dasun Shanaka said, Â “The youngsters have become senior players. Young Wellalage is doing so well, Samarawickrama, Matheesha Pathirana. Hopefully, everyone will continue their momentum today. They are a pretty strong side compared to us, we need to play a quality game of cricket.”
Playing XIs:
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana
