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Why is Ravindra Jadeja not playing today’s match vs South Africa | 2019 Cricket World Cup news

Gurpreet Singh
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Why is Ravindra Jadeja not playing today's match versus South Africa | Cricket World Cup 2019

Why is Ravindra Jadeja not playing today’s opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 versus South Africa at Southampton

The Day has finally arrived for the Indian  Cricket fans. India are all set to commence their World Cup 2019 ‘Battle for the Crown’ campaign against South Africa at The Rose Bowl in Southampton on Wednesday.

The all-important toss has been won by the South African captain Faf Du Plessis, who has decided to bat first.

All eyes were on the Indian Cricket Team and their skipper Virat Kohli, as to what combination, especially in the bowling department would they field in their Playing 11 today.

Kohli has opted for the two specialist wrist spinners, and two pacers, along with the all-round services of Hardik Pandya and Kedar Jadhav.

Ravindra Jadeja to miss out

All rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who was brilliant against New Zealand in the first Warm-up match on May 25, has not been included in the Playing 11 for today’s opening match against South Africa.

Kedar Jadhav, who missed both the two Warm-up matches against New Zealand and Bangladesh is back again after regaining his full fitness. He was seen sweating it out in the nets at Southampton a couple of days ago.

Pacer Mohammed Shami will also not be a part of the Indian Playing 11 today, as Kohli has opted for only two fast bowlers- Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. As per the pitch report too, there is a good covering of white grass on the pitch (not green) and the surface is expected to a two-paced one- which is good news for India.

South go in with two spinners

South Africa on the other hand, gave opted for their second spinner in the squad- the Chinaman Tabraiz Shamsi. Thus both the teams have opted for two leg spinners each- one leg spinner and the other off. South Africa were struck with a heavy blow on Tuesday, as their veteran pacer Dale Steyn was ruled out of the tournament, while the second fast bowler- Lungi Ngidi will be out of action for at least a week, courtesy a hamstring injury which he sustained against Bangladesh the other day.

Hashim Amla is back after missing the game against Bangladesh the other day,which the Proteas ultimately ended up losing. Their other opener- Aiden Markram makes way for him.

India’s Playing 11 for today’s match against South Africa

Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul, MS Dhoni (Wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah.

South Africa Playing 11

Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (Wk), Francois du Plessis (c), Rassie van der Dussen, JP Duminy, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi.

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Gurpreet Singh

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Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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