I'm sitting out of the ODI team only due to 'perception': R Ashwin breaks his silence on World Cup 2019 chances
Cricket | March 16, 2019 20:26 ISTAshwin has not played limited overs cricket since 2017 West Indies tour.
Ashwin has not played limited overs cricket since 2017 West Indies tour.
In the evening Dhoni and his wife Sakshi threw a dinner party for the team at their farmhouse in Jharkhand's capital.
The wrist spinner duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav have been regular feature in India's ODI format confining finger spinner R Ashwin to the sidelines and relegating Ravindra Jadeja as the third specialist spinner.
Here are the records which are up for grabs during the 2nd T20I to be played on February 27
Maxwell rued that he could have finished the game and said he still has a lot of work to do to secure a ticket to the World Cup.
India are scheduled to play Pakistan on June 16 in the upcoming World Cup and the 28-year-old leg-spinner said it is for the BCCI to decide if India should boycott playing the arch-rivals in the tournament.
Wrist spinners Kuldeep and Chahal have become India's preferred choices in the shorter formats over the last 18 months, while Jadeja and R Ashwin have gone down in the pecking order.
Chahal moved up one place to claim the fifth spot, while teammate Bhuvneshwar Kumar jumped six places to attain the 17th spot.
In team Rankings, New Zealand have slipped behind South Africa to fourth place.
Ambati Rayudu scored 90 while Hardik Pandya smashed a 22-ball 45 and took two wickets as India beat New Zealand by 35 runs to take the five-match series 4-1.
It was a historic win for India as they claimed their biggest ever win on New Zealand soil and won their first ever match on Republic Day.
Mohammed Shami was named 'Man of the Match' for his 3/19, but it was the two spinners that ripped through the New Zealand line-up in the 1st ODI in Napier.
Dada said that Dhoni's batting in Australia is really good news for the Indian team with the all-important World Cup to follow.
India became the first visiting team to win a bilateral series across all the formats against Australia in Australia.
Tendulkar took to Twitter to laud Chahal for his outstanding performance, calling him India's 'trump card'. Take a look at what the Master Blaster had to say.
Besides setting his own career best, he also now has the best figure of an Indian in Australia, overtaking players such as Ajit Agarkar and Ravi Shastri.
While captain Kohli reached the 10K mark in a flash to remain in the top spot, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal enters the top ten rankings for the very first time.
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who claimed three wickets, was full of praise for the "legends of the game".
Making mockery of what looked like a stiff 323-run target, the home team cantered to the win with 7.5 overs to spare, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
India have been invincible in the six-nation tournament as they defeated Pakistan twice, besides notching up wins against Hong Kong and Bangladesh.
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