Matthew Hayden picks India's 15-member squad for ODI World Cup, names two spinners

Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, ODI World Cup 2023(Source- Twitter)

Former Australian legend Matthew Hayden has picked the Indian team for the ODI World Cup 2023. This will be the 13th edition of the marquee event, which will be hosted by India solely for the first time. It will be the 10-team tournament, which will begin with defending champions England taking on New Zealand in Ahmedabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium on October 5. 

Hayden has made interesting changes in the squad as he picked only Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel in the Playing XI squad and left out Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal from the probable 15 team. Interestingly, for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023, Indian selectors have left you Chahal but picked Kuldeep in the squad. 

Yuzvendra Chahal is left out of the Asia Cup 2023 before the ODI World Cup 2023- 

Chahal failed to make the squad for the Asia Cup, which will be just one month before the World Cup, although the left-arm leg spinner was picked three-match ODI series against the West Indies. In the former Australian players' Playing XI list, both the wrist spinners were left out of the squad, and he only picked two left-arm spinner for the marquee event.

Other prominent changes are that two star India batters, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul making a comeback to the Indian squad for Asia Cup 2023 after recovering from their respective injuries. The return of these two players has reduced the chances for players like Tilak Varma. However, Rahul is not fully fit, so the world's number one T20I batter, Suryakumar Yadav is likely to replace him in the playing XI.

Asia Cup 2023 is scheduled to kick start on August 30. The first match of the tournament is set to be played between Pakistan and Nepal in Multan, Pakistan. India will play their opening fixture of the Asia Cup against arch-rivals Pakistan on September 2 in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The last edition of the Asia Cup was won by Sri Lanka, which was played in the United Arab Emirates.

Matthew Hayden's picks for India's 15-member squad for World Cup 2023 - Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan and Axar Patel.