India’s Jadeja misses the first ODI due to injury; BCCI provides an update

Posted at: July 22, 2022

ODI: The first two ODIs of India’s series against West Indies will not include all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Friday. Following the coin toss in the opening game at Port of Spain, confirmation was given. Jadeja has a right knee injury, thus it will be determined whether or not he will play in the series decider after evaluating his healing time.

“Team India all-rounder Mr Ravindra Jadeja has sustained an injury to his right knee and has been ruled out of the first two ODIs against West Indies,” the BCCI wrote on Twitter.

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“The BCCI Medical team is monitoring his progress and a decision on his participation in the third ODI will be taken accordingly,” the statement further read.

Axar Patel was selected for India’s starting XI for the opening ODI in Port of Spain in place of Jadeja. In the team’s three ODI matches earlier this month against England, Jadeja had participated for India.

Rohit Sharma is not playing in the ODI series, hence Shikhar Dhawan is the team’s captain. For the three-game series against the Windies, a number of first-team stars, including Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, and Jasprit Bumrah, have also been rested in addition to Rohit. The T20Is in the Caribbean will also be missed by Kohli and Bumrah.

At the Queen’s Park Oval earlier on Friday, West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran chose to bowl after winning the toss. This is Dhawan’s first time leading India since the team’s tour of Sri Lanka last year when the opener similarly captained a team that was mostly made up of backup players in ODIs and T20Is.

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