IND vs ZIM: 3 Indian Players Who Might Retire From ODIs After The Zimbabwe Series

The IND vs ZIM series starts on August 18 with the first ODI series in Harare. The series will consist of three matches with the first ODI on August 18, the second on August 20 and the third on August 22. All the matches will be played in Harare. Several regular Indian players have been rested including Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja to name a few.

KL Rahul is missing from the series as he has not yet recovered from his covid scare. The series ends five days prior to the start of the Asia Cup 2022. India start their campaign on August 28 against Pakistan.

In head-to-head encounters in ODIs, India and Zimbabwe have played 63 games with each other. India has won 51 games while Zimbabwe has won 10 matches. 2 matches ended in a tie. India last played an ODI series against Zimbabwe in 2016.

Many players from the ongoing West Indies Tour have been included in the ODI squad named for the series, Dhawan has been elected as the captain. Sanju Samson, Deepak Hooda, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, and Ishan Kishan are some of the players included in the squad.

The series presents yet another opportunity for the fringe players to make a case for themselves. Meanwhile, in this article, we take a look at three players who might consider retiring from the format after the series.

IND vs ZIM: 3 Indian Players Who Might Retire From ODIs After The Zimbabwe Series

Shikhar Dhawan

Dhawan has played over 150 ODIs for India and scored nearly 6500 runs in the format. He has been the chief scorer for India in the last decade in ODI cricket after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Dhawan is 36 and might fancy retiring from the game after the ODI series against Zimbabwe. He would like to finish on a high if he eventually does that.

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Kuldeep Yadav

Lack of opportunities might force Kuldeep Yadav to retire from the ODI format. He was a constant in the Indian white-ball team from 2017 to 2019. Since then, he has been largely neglected in all formats for India. Recently he missed out on the South Africa series and then was picked for the T20I series against West Indies but did not play a game. He took 21 wickets in IPL 2022 but still was neglected by the selectors.

Mohammed Siraj

Siraj hardly plays white-ball cricket for India. He does not get into the team when the regular Indian bowlers are playing. He only gets opportunities when the prime attack is rested. He is a regular feature in the Indian Test side since his Test debut and to extend his Test career, he might think of retiring from the ODI format.

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