Asia Cup 2023: Jasprit Bumrah back to India, Big changes in Playing XI

Before Team India's second match at the Asia Cup 2023, speed star Jaspirt Bumrah had to fly back to Mumbai due to some personal reasons. The report says that Jasprit Bumrah will be return before September 6 for super 4 matches.

India and Nepal teams will face each other in the 5th match of Asia Cup 2023. There is sure to be a change in the playing XI of Team India for this match to be held at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Asia Cup 2023: Jasprit Bumrah back to India, Big changes in Playing XI.

Before Team India’s second match at the Asia Cup 2023, speed star Jasprit Bumrah had to fly back to Mumbai due to some personal reasons. The report says that Jasprit Bumrah will be return before September 6 for super 4 matches.

Asia Cup 2023: Jasprit Bumrah back to India, Big changes in Playing XI
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Mohammad Shami will play the place of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami who was on the bench during the India vs Pakistan match. The weather is likely to again create problems for India and Nepal. The match which is scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka is under clouds due to high chances of rain.

As per the latest weather report from the area, there are 80% chance of rain during the match hours. The rain possibility is bad news for Nepal who is currently on 0 points and if the India vs Nepal match also gets washed out, Team India will qualify for the Super 4 without even playing one match properly.

Asia Cup 2023: Jasprit Bumrah back to India, Big changes in Playing XI
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The same team that appeared against Pakistan is likely to play against Nepal as well. Accordingly, the playing eleven of Team India will be as follows.

  1. Rohit Sharma
  2. Shubman Gill
  3. Virat Kohli
  4. Shreyas Iyer
  5. Ishan Kishan
  6. Hardik Pandya
  7. Ravindra Jadeja
  8. Shardul Thakur
  9. Kuldeep Yadav
  10. Mohammed Shami
  11. Mohammad Siraj.

It has been learned that KL Rahul, who was ruled out of the match against Pakistan, will travel to Sri Lanka on Monday. Rahul, who was out of the first two matches due to a fitness problem, has now received a fitness clearance from the National Cricket Academy. Accordingly, he will join the Indian team on Monday.

The India-Nepal match will be held on Monday, so KL Rahul will be unavailable for this match as well. If Team India reaches the Super-4 stage, there is a possibility that he will appear in the playing team.

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Team India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Thilak Verma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Parshid Krishna, Sanju Samson (Reserves).

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