Despite his poor form, Indian
fast bowler Ishant Sharma was not excluded from the squad announced by the BCCI
in its Twitter account for the remaining four one-day international matches
against Australia .
Australia
is leading the 7-match ODI series 2-1.
The 25-year-old fast
bowler failed to make any pressure with the ball against the opponent team. In
third ODI, he took 1 wicket for 63 runs bowling eight overs. Even in second and
third ODI, his economy rate was 8 and 7.77 runs per over respectively.
Not only he, but also Vinay
Kumar was also expensive as the opponent team was able to score 300 plus runs
in all three ODIs. It was only Bhuvneshwar Kumar whose economy rate was below six
in all three ODI matches. It looks like that India ’s pace attack, particularly
in the death overs, has been a cause of concern for the ongoing series. After
the third ODI, skipper, MS Dhoni, admitted that the death bowling had become a
“headache”.
However, Mohammed Shami
and Jaydev Unadkat are the only pace option in this squad. In spite of their
good form in the five-match ODI series against Zimbabwe in August, they were not
given a single chance to play the home series yet. Amit Mishra has been
selected as the only spin option.
Squad: MS Dhoni (capt.), Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma,
Yuvraj Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Amit
Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Ambati Rayudu, Mohammed
Shami, Jaydev Unadkat.
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