Vikrant Shekhawat : Sep 29, 2023, 12:33 PM
World Cup 2023: The bugle of ICC World Cup 2023 has been sounded. The first match of this biggest cricket tournament will be played on October 5. All the teams have currently arrived in India and preparations are now in their final stages. Practice matches are also starting from today. However, the Indian team will play its first practice match on September 30. Meanwhile, the deadline for changing the squad issued by ICC has also ended. There are only two teams out of ten, which have made slight changes in their squad. India and Australia have made one change each in their respective squads, the rest of the team will remain the same. With one change in the Indian team, now two players will have a chance to create history. Let us understand why we are saying this.One change in Team India's World Cup squad, entry of Ravichandran Ashwin in place of Axar Patel.In fact, late in the evening on September 28, BCCI announced that the injury of Akshar Patel, who was included in the squad earlier, has not yet healed, hence Ravichandran Ashwin is being included in the team in his place. The remaining players will remain the same as were announced earlier. Now if we talk about the final squad of Team India, there are two players who have won the ODI World Cup before also. India won the first World Cup in 1983 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, while it won the second World Cup in 2011 under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. There are only two players from the team that won the World Cup in 2011, who are in this year's World Cup squad. Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin.Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin have a chance to win two World CupsIf Team India is successful in winning this year's World Cup, then Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin will become the first Indian players to have won two ODI World Cups. This has never happened yet. After 2011, Virat Kohli also played the World Cup in 2015 and 2019, but the Indian team could not do much in it. Ravichandran Ashwin played the 2011 World Cup and after that he was a part of Team India in the 2015 World Cup also. But he was not in the team in the 2019 World Cup. There was already a possibility that if Akshar Patel is not completely fit then Ashwin may be given a chance. This was the reason why he was given a chance in the three-match ODI series played against Australia. He played in the playing eleven and managed to perform well. When Team India plays on a spin track in India, Ashwin can prove to be very dangerous. It remains to be seen whether Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin are able to create history for Team India or they too will have to wait.