Under-19 team captain Ayush Mhatre dropped out of the third match.Image Credit Source: Getty Images
These days, the cricket series season is going on between India and England. The Test series is going on between India and England. Also, ODI series is also being played between the Under-19 teams of India and England, while the women’s team of both countries are playing T20 series. But in the midst of all this, the Indian captain has been dropped from the team in the midst of the series and another player has been given command. The dropped captain is Ayush Mhatre, who was commanding the under-19 team but was dropped from the third ODI.
On Wednesday 2 July, the second match of the Test series between India and England started at Edgbaston ground in Birmingham. At the same time, the under-19 teams of both countries also landed on the ground for the third match of the ODI series in Northampton. Due to rain, this match could not start on time, but during this time a shocking view was seen. The 17 -year -old young batsman Ayush Mhatre was made for this tour for this tour. But from the middle of the series, he was dropped from the playing XI.
Captain drops only after 2 matches
Team India was commanded by the vice-captain for the third match by Abhigyan Kundu, while Mhatre was the captain of the team in the first and second matches of the series. Now what happened in the third match suddenly that Mhatre was excluded from the playing XI? No update was given by BCCI regarding this. This has raised questions whether the young captain was dropped due to their poor form? Mhatre had scored only 21 runs in the first match of the series, while in the second match he was dismissed on the first ball. In such a situation, it is believed that he was dropped due to poor performance.
40-40 overs match
Vice-captain Kundu led the team in this match instead of Mhatre. He won the toss and decided to bowl first. However, due to rain, this match started quite late, due to which 10-10 overs were cut off from this youth ODI and the match was made 40-40 overs. After the first 2 matches, this series of 5 matches was at 1-1. The Indian team won the first match, while in the second match, England made a strong comeback and won.
