India recalled their chinaman spinner Kuldeep Yadav for the third and final encounter against Bangladesh. Indian team is currently facing a lot of injury issues on the ongoing tour. At the start of the tour, they missed the services of Md Shami and Ravindra Jadeja. On the first day of the tour, wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant was ruled out of this series due to back pain, and now captain Rohit Sharma, Deepak Chahar, and Kuldeep Sen have been ruled out of the 3rd and final ODI.
The injury of Rohit Sharma is a big blow for the Indian team as their batters are already struggling in Bangladeshi conditions and the form of their top 3 batters are the major cause of concern for them. Now, with Rohit Sharma being ruled out of the third ODI, their batting department is dented furthermore. In the absence of regular skipper Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul is all set to lead the Indian team for the third and final ODI.
By seeing the pitch condition, Indian team management has made a wise decision by including Kuldeep Yadav in the third ODI as on all the pitches, there is enough support available for spinners, and Kuldeep can be proved handy on these tracks.
Indian team is all set to play the third and final ODI against Bangladesh on 10th December at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram. The host team has already won the series by 2-0 and will aim to create history by doing a whitewash against the much tougher opponent India. Whereas Indian team will play this match to save their pride, and by any means, they will not take this encounter lightly.
India’s squad for the 3rd ODI against Bangladesh:
KL Rahul (C) (WK), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (WK), Shahbaz Ahmed, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Kuldeep Yadav.