IND vs BAN: Jadeja is to make a comeback against Bangladesh in December’22
In the Indian ODI and test squads against Bangladesh in December, star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will make a comeback. The left arm hadn’t played since suffering a knee injury at the Asia Cup. Which also prevented him from competing in the T-20 World Cup. Jadeja has been receiving treatment at the National Cricket Academy ever since his injury.
The Bangladesh Series will start on December 4 with the ODIs and culminate on December 26 with the second test match. Due to the short period of time between the Bangladesh series and the New Zealand series, the selectors have chosen a 17-member roster.
After taking a break for the T20 and ODI matches in New Zealand, veteran players Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and KL Rahul will now return. In both the ODI and Test teams against Bangladesh, Rohit Sharma will serve as the team’s captain.
Jasprit Bumrah’s much anticipated comeback
However, Bumrah’s comeback won’t take place during the Bangladesh series because the pacer is still healing from a stress fracture in his back. However, with his selection to the ODI squad. Uttar Pradesh pacer Yash Dayal receives his first call-up to the India team.
What NCA said :
The NCA (National Cricket Academy) medical team is taking excellent care of him (Bumrah).” India’s chief selector Chetan Sharma said in response to the Bumrah’s exclusion from the team. “We need to manage players. We need to look at the workload management of players and we take it very seriously.
The Chief Selector continued, “He will surely be in the lineup against Australia, but we didn’t want to rush his return against Bangladesh. He will be back soon.”
Sharma stated that “nobody asked for rest. All decisions are part of managing player workload. We have reports from the medical team on who to give rest when and how to manage them.” In reference to some players being given time off during the series.
The Indian cricket board revealed the squads for the New Zealand and Bangladesh series simultaneously, marking the first time the BCCI has done so.
Indian squad against Bangladesh series –
Squad for Bangladesh ODIs:
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Rishabh Pant (wk). Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, W Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Yash Dayal
Squad for Bangladesh Tests:
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara. Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk). Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav
