‘Ash instead of Axar’
Updated On: 01 May, 2024 06:38 AM IST | Mumbai | G Krishnan
Former selector Shivlal says Test veteran Ravichandran would have been perfect choice in India’s T20 World Cup squad to provide for an off-spinner
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India’s R Ashwin. Pic/AFP
The Indian selectors have picked four spinners—Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, both left-armers, and wrist spinners, right-armer Yuzvendra Chahal and left-armer Kuldeep Yadav—for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
The chief concern is that there is no off-spinner. Former India off-spinner and selector Shivlal Yadav was disappointed at the non-inclusion of R Ashwin. Yadav said: “They should have gone for variety. What is the point in having two left-arm spinners and two wrist spinners? Ashwin would have been a perfect choice. They should have picked Ashwin instead of Axar. Okay, they may have thought of Ashwin’s fielding, but in T20, with just four overs, he would have been handy against left-handers. Jadeja is indispensable. But no point in having two left-arm spinners.”
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