Australia vs India 2018-19: 9 players who are missing from India's previous one-day tour of Australia

#2 Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane

Ever since World Cup 2011, the Indian team management has tried many batsmen at the crucial No. 4 batting position without much success. The Indian Test team vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane was also one of those few batsmen, who was tried at number 4.

The elegant batter was dropped from the Indian ODI setup last year, mainly due to his inability to rotate strike during the middle overs of an innings, as a result of which Rahane's last appearance in the 50 overs format was way back in February 2016 in a series against South Africa.

With the likes of Ambati Rayudu, KL Rahul, Dinesh Kartik, and Manish Pandey etc., ahead of him at India's number 4 position, it looks like Rahane's hopes of playing his second ODI World Cup are over.

During India's last limited overs tour to Australia, the 30-year-old had a fairly good series with the bat as he scored 141 runs with a brilliant average of 47. However, Rahane injured himself while fielding in the 4th ODI, which ruled him out of the final game at Sydney.

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#1 Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin

Once a regular in the Indian team, Ravichandran Ashwin along with his spin colleague Ravindra Jadeja were dropped from India's limited overs line-up post Champions Trophy 2017 in favor of young spinners - Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal.

However, Jadeja managed to make a comeback in India's ODI squad during the Asia Cup last year, but Ashwin failed to do so.

Therefore, it is safe to say that the Tamil Nadu-born all-rounder's chances of making to the Indian team for World Cup 2019 are over, along with his career in the shorter formats.

During India's last ODI tour of Australia in 2015-16, Ashwin had a series to forget as he picked up just 2 wickets at an expensive economy rate of 6.74 and was subsequently dropped from the playing XI for the final three games.