India vs Australia: Shreyas Iyer Settles Middle-Order Debate Ahead Of Cricket World Cup 2023 With Timely Century

24.09.2023 - 12:25 sports.ndtv.com

India might be treating the ongoing ODIs against Australia as a warm-up exercise before the World Cup but Shreyas Iyer had all to play for going into the three-match series.

The 28-year-old has had to deal with his share of injuries since making his international debut back in 2017. The Asia Cup that India won marked his comeback from a back surgery after six months but a back spasm in the middle of the tournament meant he only got to bat once over the course of two weeks.

Considering what he has gone through the year, especially the range of emotions in the last one month, a third ODI hundred could not have come at a better time for him.

Iyer was India's designated number four before the injury pegged him back and a virtual no show in the Asia Cup meant his place in the playing eleven was far from secure.

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Virat Kohli had to leave the field for some time during the India vs Pakistan clash at the Cricket World Cup 2023 as he was wearing the wrong jersey at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. While the other Indian cricket team players were sporting a jersey with the tri-colour stripes on their shoulder, Kohli's jersey had three white stripes. Kohli realised the mistake mid-match and had to rush back to the dugout to change the jersey. He was back in action after some time with the crowd cheering him on.

Cricket World Cup 2023: Shubman Gill Returns For India Against Pakistan. The Only Exclusion From Playing XI Is...

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Cricket World Cup 2023: India's Predicted XI vs Pakistan - Suryakumar Yadav, All-Rounder Spot In Focus

The Indian cricket team is set to lock horns with arch-rivals Pakistan in the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Both teams are coming into this contest on the back of victories in their last couple of games, but India have looked more convincing with their performances so far. Moreover, India has a slight mental edge going into this contest as they have always maintained an upper hand over Pakistan in ODI Cricket World Cups, and they also registered a massive 228-run victory over their arch-rivals in the recent Asia Cup 2023 clash. It remains to be seen how this battle is going to turn out now. Here we shall take a look at India's playing XI for this highly anticipated clash against Pakistan.

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Rohit Sharma is not averse to playing three spinners against Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium ground with big square boundaries. But, on the eve of the blockbuster Cricket World Cup 2023 face-off, the Indian cricket team captain was in two minds over whether to continue with Shardul Thakur or bring in his senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Asked if the track warrants playing three spinners, Rohit said: "I don't know, honestly. If there is a change or two we need to make, we will be ready with that. And the guys have been informed very well in advance about these kind of changes. So, I don't think it's going to be any issues with the players. But if the requirement is there for us to play three spinners, we will play three spinners," the skipper kept things pretty open-ended."