The BCCI has announced Team India's squad for the 2023 Asia Cup. Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is the biggest absentee as he failed to make the cut to the extended 17-member squad.
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Chahal owns three ODI wickets in 2023
Chahal, who was India's lead spinner in white-ball cricket, certainly finds himself out of the scheme of things. He has played just two of India's 12 ODIs in 2023, returning with three wickets.
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Chahal's ODI numbersin 2022
The leggie was sensational in the format last year, claiming 21 wickets in 14 games with the help of three four-wicket hauls (ER: 5.48).
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Has Chahal really been out of form?
Chahal has not really been out of form. In 30 T20Is since 2022, he has returned with 32 wickets at a decent economy rate of 8.01.
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Here are his overall ODI numbers
Chahal has bagged 121 scalps across 72 ODI appearances. He averages a laud-worthy 27.13 and has maintained an economy of 5.27.