After being snubbed from the India squad for the five-match T20I collection in opposition to Australia, the ‘Men in Blue’ spinner Yuzuvendra Chahal shared one other cryptic put up on X which has attracted combined reactions from the followers. The 33-year-old spinner took to his official social media accounts and wrote ‘See you at work’. His put up gained greater than 510K views on his X (previously Twitter) account.
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In the identical put up, he shared one other picture that quoted, “To hold it together when everyone else thinks otherwise, that’s the true strength of a warrior.” On Monday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the 15-member squad for his or her upcoming 20-over collection, during which Chahal was one of many notable gamers who could not make his place within the group checklist.
One method or one other, work might be rewarded. _
Happy to contribute for my group and thanks for all of your messages. Onto the subsequent one. _ pic.twitter.com/SG1pwPCNts— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) November 23, 2023
See you at work. _ pic.twitter.com/JNMbz5owKI— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) November 24, 2023
The Indian spinner made his T20I debut in 2016, following which he performed 80 matches for the ‘Men in Blue’ and scalped 96 wickets with an economic system price of 8.19. Chahal was additionally overlooked of India’s ODI squad for the Cricket World Cup.
Coming to the primary T20I match, India opted to bowl first. Though they received Matthew Short (13) early, the partnership of 130 runs between Josh Inglis (110 in 50 balls, with 11 fours and 4 sixes) and Steve Smith (52 off 41 balls, with eight fours) put Men in Blue on backfoot. Rest, the ending by Tim David (19*) took Australia to 208/3 in 20 overs.
Prasidh Krishna (1/50) and Ravi Bishnoi (1/54) took a wicket every for India. In the run chase of 209, India misplaced Ruturaj Gaikwad (0) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (21) early, leaving Men in Blue at 22/2. However, a 112-run stand between Ishan Kishan (58 in 39 balls, with two fours and 5 sixes) and skipper Suryakumar Yadav (80 In 42 balls, with 9 fours and 4 sixes) introduced again India into the sport. Finishing touches by Rinku Singh (22* in 14 balls, with 4 boundaries) helped India attain the goal with two wickets in hand, regardless of some tense run-outs within the remaining over.
Tanveer Sangha (2/47) was the most effective bowler for Aussies. Matthew Short, Sean Abbott and Jason Behrendorff took a wicket every.
India’s squad: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (Vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (Wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.