India’s rising pacer Mukesh Kumar has not joined the Indian cricket crew for the third T20I in opposition to Australia in Guwahati because the right-arm speedster is about to get married to Divya Singh. As per the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the 30-year-old had requested the board to grant him depart for his wedding ceremony forward of the sport in Guwahati.
“Fast bowler Mukesh Kumar made a request to BCCI to be launched from India’s squad forward of the third T20I in opposition to Australia in Guwahati. Mukesh is getting married and has been granted depart during his wedding ceremony festivities. He will be a part of the squad forward of the 4th T20I in Raipur.Â
Pacer Deepak Chahar has been added to India’s squad for the rest of the collection,” posted BCCI on the social media platform ‘X’ previously Twitter.
Mukesh was pretty economical in the primary T20I whereas playing on the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. While a few of his fellow teammates received numerous stick, Mukesh solely conceded 29 runs in his 4 overs and by no means let any of the Aussie batters get beneath his pores and skin.
He was a tad unfortunate to not declare a wicket in the sport however impressed everybody together with his capacity to nail yorkers with sheer consistency and efficacy.Â
However, the second T20I did not transform as memorable as the primary recreation for Mukesh as he received taken to the cleaners. He conceded 49 runs in his quota of 4 overs and appeared his pale self.
India’s playing XI for 3rd T20I:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna
Australia’s playing XI for 3rd T20I:
Travis Head, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (c & wk), Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha, Kane Richardson
