India changes World Cup squad. The Indian team for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup has had to make a last-minute change.
Axar Patel injured his left quadriceps during India’s Asia Cup Super Four match against Bangladesh, and he did not recover in time for the World Cup. As a result, the spin-bowling all-rounder did not play in the Asia Cup final.
He has been replaced by veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who made an impressive comeback to ODI cricket in the recently concluded series against Australia, picking up four wickets in two games.
Axar was also named conditionally to the team for the last ODI, subject on his health, however he was unable to play when India lost by 66 runs in Rajkot.
India changes World Cup squad, check the Tweet:
R Ashwin replaces injured Axar Patel in the 15-member squad.
We wish Axar a speedy recovery 👍 👍#TeamIndia‘s final squad for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 is here 🙌#CWC23 pic.twitter.com/aejYhJJQrT
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 28, 2023
India World Cup squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.
How to watch ICC ODI World Cup 2023 matches across the world?
| Country | Broadcasting Channels & OTT |
| Afghanistan | Ariana TV and Ariana News, Ariana TV website and www.sportsafghan-wireless.com |
| Australia | Fox Sports 501 & Channel 9 HD, 9GemHD, FoxtelGo, FoxtelNOW and Kayo / 9Now |
| Bangladesh | GTV, BTV, T Sports, Rabbithole |
| Canada | Willow TV, Disney+ Hotstar |
| Caribbean Islands | ESPN and ESPN2, ESPN Play Caribbean |
| Central & South America and Mexico | ESPN+ |
| Continental Europe and SEA(excluding Singapore) | YuppTV |
| Hong Kong | Astro Cricket via NowTV, YuppTV |
| India | SS1(HD+HD), SS1 Hindi(SD+HD), SS1 Tamil, SS1 Telugu, SS1 Kannada, SS2(HD+SD), Disney+ Hotstar |
| Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan | SS1(HD+HD), SS1 Hindi(SD+HD), SS1 Tamil, SS1 Telugu, SS1 Kannada, SS2(HD+SD), Yupp TV |
| Malaysia | Astro Cricket, Yupp TV |
| MENA | CricLife and CricLife Max, StarzPlay & Switch TV |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport |
| Pacific Islands | TVWAN Action and TVWAN Sports, Digicel app |
| Pakistan | PTV Sports, www.ptvsports.pk, Daraz, Tapmad, Jazz, A-Sports, ARY ZAP |
| Singapore | HubSports 4 and HubSports 5, Simulcast of their linear channels on StarHub TV+ |
| Sri Lanka | Sirasa TV, Dialog TV & Event TV, www.kiki.lk & Kiki app |
| South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa | SuperSport Grandstand & SuperSport Cricket, SuperSport app |
| UK | Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Mix, SkyGO + Sky Sports App |
| USA | WillowTV, ESPN+ app |
