Hardik Pandya hurt his left ankle while bowling during India's World Cup match against Bangladesh in Pune last month and it has now been confirmed that the 30-year-old has failed to recover in time for part of the rest of the campaign, according to a press release from ICC.
Shane Bond has, in the past, served as the Bowling Coach for his national team between 2012 to 2015 where he helped them reach the final of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. He was then employed by the Mumbai franchise in the IPL in 2015, contributing significantly to their success of winning
Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers for India as he dismissed three batters. Kuldeep Yadav got two wickets, while Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna picked up one wicket each.
Australia were bundled out at 217 in 28.2 overs. Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin took three-wicket each. Prasidh Krishna picked up two scalps while Mohammed Shami got one wicket.
As expected, the roster is a trimmed version of the Asia Cup squad with three players – Tilak Varma, Prasidh Krishna and Sanju Samson – missing out in the World Cup squad
India is set to play their third and final T20I match against Ireland on Tuesday in Dublin. India has already sealed the three-match series by 2-0 and will look for a whitewash.
Chasing a target of 186, Ireland suffered early blows. Prasidh Krishna continued his previous form and got two breakthroughs in the 3rd over. He dismissed Captain Paul Stirling and Lorcan Tucker on zeros.
Rinku Singh came to the limelight in the Indian Premier League (IPL) when he hit five consecutive six in the last over for the Kolkata Knight Riders to provide them with an improbable win against Gujarat Titans.
Jasprit Bumrah plucked Ireland's batting unit by dismissing two wickets batters in his first over. Prasidh Krishna also dismissed two batters in his debut match while Ravi Bishnoi also got two breakthroughs. Arshdeep Singh cleared up one batter.