'Kya hera pheri hai' - Australia recalls Aston Agar for ODIs against India after dropping from Test series

Australia (Source: Twitter)

Ahead of the ODI series against India, Cricket Australia announces their 16-man squad for the three-match series starting from March 17. Australian allrounder Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh were included in the team, while spinner Aston Agar, who has been dropped from the Test squad, is also named into the squad.

Glenn Maxwell suffered a leg injury last year and has missed cricketing action for almost 3 months. On the other hand, Marsh is also returning from an ankle injury. Star opener David Warner, who suffered an injury in the elbow during the second Test against India, is also named in the squad, although Injured pacer Josh Hazelwood failed to recover from the injury and has been left out.

Discussing the selection of the team, the Chief Selector of the Australian Team, George Bailey said that Maxwell, Marsh, and Jhye Richardson would be a key part of the squad ahead of the upcoming 50-over World Cup. "With the World Cup just over seven months away, these matches in India are an important step in our preparation. Glenn, Mitchell, and Jhye are all important players in what we think the squad might look like come October", said Bailey.

India Pacer Jasprit Bumrah set to miss ODI series 

Last Week, India also announced their squad for the upcoming Day series along with the squad for the last two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India Pacer Jasprit Bumrah once again failed to recover from his back injury and failed to make it into the squad. On the other hand, opener KL Rahul has been named into the squad despite his poor form in international cricket.

India Squad for ODIs: Rohit Sharma (C), S Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (VC), R Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, W Sundar, Y Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Jaydev Unadkat

Australia Squad for ODIs: Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa

However, netizens react to the selection of the Australian Squad and called it a ‘Hera Pheri.’

Here are some Tweets:

Big Show Maxi is Back 🙂🙂 Good news @Rcb

— Karnataka Thalapathy Fan's Club (@AbhishekCH9) February 23, 2023

Strong squad with good allrounders.

— Fury🇮🇳 (@ms14568399) February 23, 2023

Agar and zampa both will Play. India is week against these type of bowlers.

— bharath reddy (@bharathreddy37) February 23, 2023

Australia have batting depth with lot of bowling options,they have plenty of batting all-rounders who can bat in top 7.
Playing 11 would be
1)Warner
2)Head
3)Smith
4)Maxwell
5)Green/Marsh
6)Stoinis
7)Carey(wk)
8)Cummins (C)
9)Starc
10)Zampa
11)Richardson/Agar

— Guru (@okguru_) February 23, 2023

Agar and zampa both will Play. India is week against these type of bowlers.

— bharath reddy (@bharathreddy37) February 23, 2023

I think ODI squad is better strong than Test squad.. Stac & maxi is biggest threats on this series for us..

— Faya Rafi (@fayafahi) February 23, 2023

Either of Stoinis OR Maxwell should be also in Test team to add quick firepower in batting in lower middle order....

— Aumkar Gholap (@AumkarGholap) February 23, 2023

Dangerous pair 💀 pic.twitter.com/RQZ4Z6DtAp

— 🈵️🈲️㊗️〽️ (@interavatar7) February 23, 2023

All mumbai indians players are getting fit : pic.twitter.com/a1gHik9Svw

— random thoughts (@_shitty_thought) February 23, 2023

Where 's Hazelwood??? Is he will also be doubt able for IPL ?????

— kanha yadav (@kanhaya60648577) February 23, 2023

Heard it's ind vs aushttps://t.co/GJt62z2eiu

— MahiEra (@tracerbullett7) February 23, 2023