Nitish Kumar Reddy may get a chance in the second ODI matchImage Credit source: PTI
Team India made a good start to the series with a win in the first ODI against New Zealand in Vadodara. Virat Kohli once again played an excellent innings for the team but missed a century. Despite this good result, a bad news for the Indian team came in the form of injury to Washington Sundar who is now out of the series. For the first time, Ayush Badoni has got a place in Team India in place of Sundar. But who will get a chance in the playing-11 in the second ODI match to be played in Rajkot? Will Badoni make his debut?
Who will get a place in the playing-11?
If reports are to be believed, despite making his place in Team India, the captain of Delhi Ayush Badoni For now we will have to wait for his international debut. This all-rounder is not expected to get a place in the playing-11 in this match. It is being told that the team management will give preference to young all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy before Badoni and he will be seen playing in the next ODI match. Nitish was already a part of the ODI squad but he did not get a chance to play in Vadodara ODI.
Reddy, the young player from Andhra, who made his debut in all three formats for Team India in 2024, played his last match on the Australia tour. He was part of the playing-11 in the second ODI played in Adelaide. However, after this he could not play in the ODI series against South Africa due to injury. Now he has been included in the squad again for this series and the injury of two players has opened the doors of playing-11 for him. While Rishabh Pant was out due to injury a day before the match, Sundar got injured during the match.
How is India’s record in Rajkot?
The second match of the ODI series will be played in Rajkot on 14 January. This match will be held at the Niranjan Shah Stadium, where Team India has played 4 ODI matches so far and has won only one, while losing 3. Talking about runs, Virat Kohli is impressing on this ground also. In the 4 matches played here, he has scored the maximum 226 runs at an average of 56.50, in which there are 3 half-centuries. However, here he has not been able to score a single century. In such a situation, the kind of form Kohli is in, it is expected that he will end the century drought on this ground.