India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2022 Super Four: 3 Players who can replace injured Ravindra Jadeja

India have suffered a huge blow in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 as their star spin bowling all rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out due to a knee injury. The same knee injury which has been haunting him for the past 2 years has resurfaced again. India don’t have 3 of their first choice players at the moment, namely, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel, and Ravindra Jadeja.

Lets take a look at the 3 possible options who could replace Ravindra Jadeja in the playing 11

Asia Cup 2022: Deepak Hooda for Ravindra Jadeja

Deepak Hooda can be one of the 3 possible options for India to replace Ravindra Jadeja in the team. The dynamic middle order batsman has been given a long rope in the Indian side and he has grabbed all the opportunities that had been given to him with both the hands. Although he was playing majorly at #3 for India, he won’t be a bad option to replace Ravindra Jadeja, because he can provide some off spin bowling which complements Yuzvendra Chahal’s wrist spin.

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Rishabh Pant played the game against Hong Kong but he didn’t get the opportunity to bat. With Hardik Pandya returning to the side, it is possible that India might continue to play Rishabh Pant in the XI and trust Hardik Pandya to bowl 4 overs with the ball with no sixth bowling option in the team.

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Asia Cup 2022: Axar Patel being the like for like option

Axar Patel is the most obvious replacement option because of the skillset. He also perfectly fills the void left by Ravindra Jadeja both with the bat and the ball. He has also improved his batting big time and India are most likely to swap Axar Patel into the team.

The one tricky thing in playing Axar Patel is India trusted Ravindra Jadeja with the bat and promoted him to play at 5 against Pakistan to get the right left combination going and Ravindra Jadeja played a decent knock under pressure, but the same cannot be said for Axar Patel who is an interior batsman compared to Ravindra Jadeja. One has to wait and see how India responds to the absence of Ravindra Jadeja.

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