For Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi was the wrecker-in-chief as he dismantled India's top order and took the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja.
Giving players six matches if they reach the final, they have plenty of game time in their hands to reach some personal milestones and boost their statistics.
The veteran spinner Chahal failed to find a spot in the squad as India went ahead with three spinners in their squad of 17, with Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav as the preferred choices.
Gujarat's Jamnagar North MLA Rivaba Jadeja and MP from Jamnagar Lok Sabha constituency Poonamben Maadam on Thursday got into a verbal spat at a public event after they exchanged barbs over the "use of slippers" while paying tributes to the bravehearts.
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri asserted that pacers would be crucial to India's campaign and having four of them in the playing eleven would be an apt decision in their squad for the World Cup 2023 and Asia Cup 2023
As India celebrates its 77th Independence Day, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, and several other notable cricketers took to social media to wish the nation a happy Independence Day.
India has played their recent tournaments/big matches like ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, the ICC World Test Championship and some big bilateral series, like against Australia without some of their big stars like Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul
After winning the Test and the ODI series, India would like to carry the momentum into the five-match T20I series against the West Indies which started in Trinidad on Thursday
India will host England for a five-match Test series starting January 25, 2024. The Test series will be played at Hyderabad, Vizag, Rajkot, Ranchi, and Dharamsala.