On the day of the 1st IND vs ENG ODI in Nagpur on Thursday, Team India came up with an unexpected change as the best batter in the world, Virat Kohli missed out, due to a knee injury. Instead of him, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was handed his India cap, and made debut for the team in the format.
At the toss, India skipper Rohit Sharma confirmed, “Jaiswal and Harshit are making his debut, unfortunately Virat isn’t playing, he had a knee problem last night.” Having said that, Virat Kohli’s injury doesn’t seem to be serious at all, and should be back in the next ODI.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami
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