“By Failing In His Last Two Matches…”: Ex-India Star’s ‘Tongue In Cheek’ Take On Tilak Varma’s Asia up call-up | Cricket News

Tilak Varma’s inclusion in India’s Asia Cup 2023 squad was a proof that if one has potential, reaching nice heights in your area is at all times doable. The left-handed batter confirmed potential within the T20I sequence in opposition to West Indies within the middle-order and he was justly rewarded. In a line-up stuffed with right-handed begins, Varma offers selection although he lacks expertise. Former India participant Sanjay Manjrekar praised Varma’s inclusion and made a tongue in cheek comment. “Yes, because he is in hot form. Look at his domestic career, he’s got the numbers to merit a call for India. And also, tongue in cheek, he is also getting ready for 50 overs cricket by failing in his last two matches in the T20 format.

“So he’s preparing for 50-over cricket. It is difficult to discover a weak point in him, in white ball cricket. And as I’ve talked about earlier than, let’s have some impression, high quality gamers at quantity 4, 5, and 6. There’s an amazing rush for spots primary, two, and three, in Indian cricket, let’s have these quantity 4, 5, six batters on the market,” Manjrekar said on Star Sports.

Manjrekar was very impressed with the clarity of the team selection and how there was reason behind every decision taken at the press conference, he said: “The press convention was a really spectacular debut by Ajit Agarkar as chairman of selectors. What I preferred is each Rohit and Ajit giving quite a lot of respect to the folks asking the questions. There have been quite a lot of open conversations, nobody was afraid of making an attempt to disclose one thing they should not.

“The answer about KL Rahul was important. A niggle has emerged along with the injury he recovered from, and that’s why they had an extra keeper. Now that kind of detailed sharing of information is what we need, and I hope they remain candid. Nice articulation of all the decisions that have been taken. And when you look at the squad, I think this is the World Cup squad that you’re looking at. Two players will be deleted. There is a chance one of the spinners will be deleted and an extra keeper or maybe a fast bowler. But this is more or less the World Cup squad that we are looking at, barring two players that they would have to leave out.”