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Aditya Ashok has come to India for the first time with the New Zealand national team, he can play in the first ODI to be held in Vadodara. Aditya was born in Tamil Nadu, who made his international debut for New Zealand in 2023. Let us tell you that before this series, Aditya had practiced in the training camp with Chennai Super Kings.
Aditya Ashok is a spin bowler, who is being considered as the successor of Ish Sodhi. He is also excited to bowl in front of greats like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Spinners get help on Indian pitches, so Aditya can be played in all three matches.
When did India-born Aditya Ashok go to New Zealand?
Aditya Ashok was born on September 5, 2002 in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. His family shifted to New Zealand in 2006, when he was 4 years old. He studied at Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland.
Aditya started learning cricket in New Zealand, he joined the academy at a young age. He improved himself as a spin bowler. Right now googly is his strength. It is reported that Aditya’s relatives will be present in the stadium in the first ODI to be held in Vadodara.
U19 World Cup was played in 2020
Aditya Ashok was part of the New Zealand team in the Under-19 World Cup 2020. He took 4 wickets in 4 innings in that World Cup. This was the same season when Ravi Bishnoi became the highest wicket taker by taking 17 wickets in 6 innings. After 3 years, he got a place in the New Zealand national team.
Made international debut in 2023
Aditya made his international debut on August 20, 2023, it was a T20 format match played against UAE in Dubai. After that he did not play another T20 International. He made his ODI debut in December 2023. He has 1 wicket in his name in 2 ODI matches. Even in the only T20 International match, he took only 1 wicket.
Talking about statistics, Aditya Ashok has taken 78 wickets in 23 first class matches. He has 52 wickets in his name in 39 List A matches. Aditya has taken 31 wickets in 32 T20s. His economy in T20 is 7.62.
Trained in Chennai Super Kings
Aditya Ashok has come to India many times, but has come to India for the first time with the national team. But last year was also special for him, he got a chance to train in the academy of Chennai Super Kings. During this time, he got to learn about different pitches, which will definitely be useful to him in this series.
Indian squad
Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Shubhman Gill (captain), Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
new zealand squad
Henry Nicholls, Nick Kelly, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Josh Clarkson, Chris Clark, Michael Bracewell (captain), Zachary Foulkes, Devon Conway, Mitchell Hay (wk), Aditya Ashok, Jayden Lennox, Kyle Jamieson, Michael Rae.