Ravindra Jadeja may have already played his last limited-overs match for India. The new team management under head coach Gautam Gambhir and the selectors have decided to move on from the star all-rounder, who was the third big name after Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma to call time on his T20I career after the T20 World Cup triumph last month.
Jadeja was not named in India’s squad for the 3-match ODI series. Apart from Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya were the other big names missing from the team. However, Jadeja’s case is different from that of Bumrah.
Reports claim that Bumrah was given a break because the selectors didn’t want to burn out India’s best all-format bowler, while Hardik requested a break for personal reasons. The same isn’t the case with Jadeja who has been an integral part of the Indian squad for over a decade. He has played a total of 197 ODIs and even played in every game during the 2023 ODI World Cup.
“There are only six ODIs, including the three in Sri Lanka, before next year’s Champions Trophy. The selectors want to utilise the handful of games by giving more opportunities to Axar Patel and Washington Sundar,” a BCCI source told Hindustan Times.
“Nothing wrong with Jadeja’s performance. The management just wants to look at other options as we have to build a team for the future,” the source added.
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