Australia vs India 2018-19: 9 players who are missing from India's previous one-day tour of Australia
With the Indian cricket team having created history by becoming the first Indian team to win a Test series Down Under under the leadership of Virat Kohli, the focus now shifts to the three-match ODI series scheduled to begin on 12 January at Sydney Cricket Ground.
The last time the Indian team toured Australia for a one-day series was in January 2016 under the leadership of MS Dhoni. The visitors however had a torrid time in that particular series, as they lost the series by a huge margin of 1-4 due to poor bowling efforts throughout the tournament, with their only consolatory win coming in the fifth and the final ODI at Sydney.
The only positive for Indian team from that particular limited over series Down Under in January 2016, was the emergence of fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
Bumrah made his international debut in the 5th ODI at Sydney, and in just three years since his debut, he has gone on to become one of the best fast bowlers in world cricket across the three formats of the game, which is quite a remarkable achievement.
Nine players who were part of India's previous ODI series against Australia down under have lost their places in the national team, with a few of these players' one-day careers almost at extinction.
On that note, in this article let us look at the players who are missing from India's previous limited overs tour of Australia.
#9 Rishi Dhawan
Irfan Pathan fell out of favor due to frequent injuries, the Indian selectors tried many players who could carry on the mantle of a seam bowling all-rounder that was left open for a long time since the retirement of legendary Kapil Dev. Rishi Dhawan was chosen as the one to fulfill that role during India's 2016 tour of Australia.
Rishi Dhawan made his international debut in the third match of the one-day series at the historic Melbourne Cricket Ground. However, he failed to impress in the whole series as he scored just 12 runs and could pick up just one wicket at an expensive economy rate of 6.4.
Later on, the emergence of Hardik Pandya in the same year as a seam bowling all-rounder meant that Dhawan lost his place in the Indian ODI squad, and last played for India two years back in June 2016 in a T-20 match against Zimbabwe, which also might be the last time we have seen Rishi Dhawan in the international colors.