After two
back-to-back victories against mighty opponents like South Africa and
Australia, Virat Kohli-led team India will face New Zealand on Thursday in their
third match of the World Cup 2019.
In
unfortunate turn of events, Indian opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan had injured
his left thumb during his match-winning knock of 117 runs against Australia.
The left-handed
batsman will remain out of action for at least three weeks.
It is
expected that right-handed batsman KL Rahul will take the opening slot with
Rohit Sharma for India's third game. In the absence of in-form Dhawan, all eyes
will be on the Rohit-Rahul duo.
Squads:
India:
Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Hardik
Pandya, Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit
Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja.
New
Zealand: Kane Williamson (capt), Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Colin
Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult,
Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Tom Blundell
(wk).
Picture Credit: Twitter (@BCCI)
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