Injuries and Changes for Team India in Asia Cup 2018

The match between India and Pakistan saw an upset for team India when Hardik Pandya was stretched out of the ground due to an injury suffered while bowling. Hardik has been a handy all-rounder for the team since his inclusion. He can clear the ground at will and can even roll over his arms to squeeze out some few overs in the middle.

Along with Hardik, Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur have also been ruled out due to injury concerns and have been replaced by Deepak Chahar, Siddharth Kaul and Ravindra Jadeja, who is making a comeback nearly after a year.

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#1 Ravindra Jadeja

Jadeja last played an ODI for India against Windies in July 2017. Since his and Ashwin's exclusion from the limited over formats, the spin twins - Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal have grabbed the position and performed brilliantly.

Jadeja, however, after his exclusion from the limited over format has become very composed and mature as a batsman and an equally good bowler as well. He has developed his skills and now has a few tricks up in his sleeves which was seen in the recently concluded Test series against England. Jadeja would be hoping to perform well in this tournament and try to cement his position once again in the team.

With Hardik out with injury, he is likely to make the cut in the playing eleven and he would hope to get into the squad of World Cup 2019.

#2 Siddharth Kaul

Siddarth Kaul replaces injured Shardul Thakur

Siddharth Kaul had a very good IPL in 2018. An injury to Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave him the opportunity to be the leading bowler for Sunrisers. He impressed everyone with his bowling abilities both in the powerplay and in the deaths.

However, he failed to leave a lasting impression in the one-day and T20 series against England recently. He failed in getting wickets and also in stopping runs.

Kaul now has the perfect opportunity to leave all that behind and show his skills and abilities in the tournament. He has been included in place of Shardul Thakur, who is suffering from a groin injury after that nightmare performance against Hong Kong.

#3 Deepak Chahar

Deepak Chahar comes in place of Axar Patel in Asia Cup 2018

CSK found a new bowling sensation in Deepak Chahar in IPL 2018. Chahar showed his swing bowling abilities upfront and was well guided by MS Dhoni. His impressive spells in the powerplays were major factors in CSK's victory.

The 24-year-old Chahar earned his maiden call-up for the Indian T20 side against England. He failed to repeat his IPL heroics and it proved to be a very average outing for him in the only game he played. However, Chahar had a very good outing for India A side in England and performed really well.

As Axar Patel is suffering from a finger injury, Chahar could well make his mark in the team as a bowling all-rounder. He has been handy with the bat as well and could well contribute to the team in crunch situations.