NEW DELHI: The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team for the upcoming ICC ODI World Cup made just one change to its provisional 15-member squad on the last day of final submission to the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday. Veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was included in place of Axar Patel, who failed to recover fully from an injury.
The change was on expected lines after Ashwin was included for the first two games of the recently concluded three-match ODI series against Australia, which acted as the final dress rehearsal for both the teams ahead of the showpiece event which India will be sole hosts of for the first time.
Ashwin took four wickets in two games against the Aussies, including 3 for 41 in the second match in Indore. As the news of him travelling to Guwahati with the team for the warm-up match against England on Sunday came out, there were enough hints pointing at his inclusion in the final World Cup squad for the hosts, even before the official announcement happened later in the day.
