The ODI World Cup 2023 is less than two months away as the marquee tournament is set to take place on October 5 in India. However, the hosts still have some analysis to do in their team. However, before that the Men in Blue will play the upcoming Asia Cup 2023 in Sri Lanka.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma recently said that they will continue to do the experiments in the tournament before the ODI World Cup starts. It’d be interesting to see if India’s experiments will get ended in the Asia Cup or not. On that note, lets take a look at 3 key points for India to keep in mind during Asia Cup 2023 in preparation for ODI World Cip 2022.
1. Top-order batters’ struggle against left-arm pacers
It is known to almost every Indian cricket fan that India’s top order batters struggle a lot in front of left-arm pacers in the initial phase of the innings. Bowlers like Trent Boult, Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Amir have troubled the Indian batters many times in the major events. Afridi will be playing for Pakistan in the Asia Cup and it’d be interesting to see the Indian batter’s approach against him.
2. No more injury woes
The Indian cricket team is already suffering from multiple injury woes and they will hope that no other playe get him injured in the Asia Cup. Jasprit Bumrah, who got injured during the last year’s Asia Cup, is still recovering from the injury. KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant are the other 3 main players who are injured.
3. Try to get a fixed wicketkeeper-batter
With pant getting injured during a horrific accident last year, the Indian cricket team are still struggling to find his replacement. They have multiple options like Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson and Rahul but it is still unclear who will be India’s main wicketkeeper-batter for the Asia Cup and the ODI World Cup as well. However, the search may get ended in the Asia Cup.