IND vs WI: Before the third ODI match against West Indies, the Indian team has suffered a big blow. Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna is out of this last match due to hamstring injury. He was injured during the second ODI match played in Guwahati. Now media reports are coming out that Anshul Kamboj, who plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL, can be included in Team India, who will replace the famous Krishna in the team. In such a situation, there is sure to be a change in the playing 11 of Team India.
Prasidh Krishna got injured during the second ODI
Prasidh Krishna felt a strain while bowling during the second ODI match of the series played in Guwahati. In this match, he could not even bowl his full quota of overs and went out of the field after bowling only 5 overs. Indian team's batting coach Sitanshu Kotak confirmed this after the match and said that the medical team is keeping an eye on Prasidh's injury. He will be sent to the BCCI Center of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru for further investigation and recovery.
Prasidh Krishna is in danger of missing some games starting with third ODI against West Indies
He has been diagnosed with a hamstring injury. pic.twitter.com/cpcQozBcvz
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) October 1, 2026
Anshul Kamboj's surprise entry in Team India
After Prasidh Krishna's exit, the selectors have chosen Chennai Super Kings fast bowler Anshul Kamboj as his replacement. However, this has not been officially announced by BCCI yet. Anshul Kamboj was a part of the 'India-A' team for the ongoing red-ball match against Australia-A, but after getting a call from Team India, he immediately left the match and left for Chandigarh. Kamboj had performed well in the domestic season and IPL 2026. Where he was the highest wicket taker bowler for his franchise CSK.
🚨 KAMBOJ TO ODI TEAM 💛
– Anshul Kamboj will replace Prasidh Krishna in the Indian ODI team for the 3rd match. (Abhishek Saini from Sportstar) pic.twitter.com/TDpUGPErQu
—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 1, 2026
Tough competition for place in playing eleven
The third and last ODI match of the series is to be played on Saturday, October 3 in New Chandigarh. However, despite Anshul Kamboj joining the team, he will face a tough challenge from experienced bowler Mohammad Siraj to be included in the playing eleven. Siraj was sitting on the bench in both the initial matches and is considered the biggest contender to play in place of Prasidh. In the second ODI, West Indies had scored 400 runs against the Indian bowlers, even then questions were being raised about not playing Siraj.
India leads 2-0 in the series
Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the Indian team has already taken an unbeatable 2-0 lead in this 3-match ODI series. India had chased West Indies' historic run of 405 runs in the second ODI. Shubman Gill had scored a double century. Whereas Rohit Sharma had scored a century. Now the Indian team's eyes will be on making a clean sweep of West Indies by winning the third ODI match in Chandigarh. After this ODI series, a 5-match T20I series will also be played between India and West Indies, which will start from 6th October. Shreyas Iyer will command Team India in T20.
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