Former India cricketers Madan Lal and Karsan Ghavri acknowledged that the selectors ought to have included all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal within the 18-member Team India squad for the upcoming Asia Cup. The continental match will kick-start from August 30, with co-hosts Pakistan squaring off towards Nepal within the opening match. India will open their marketing campaign towards the arch-rivals Pakistan on September 2 in Kandy. While Kuldeep Yadav was picked because the frontline spinner for the Asia Cup, the opposite spin choices within the squad are all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel.
“Australia have played Kuldeep Yadav very well. Yuzvendra Chahal should have got a chance. He is a match-winning bowler. Ashwin is someone who has taken 500-600 wickets… he knows how to take wickets. We did not play him in the WTC final, the team management knows better,” Lal informed PTI.
Meanwhile, Ghavri backed Ashwin for the upcoming World Cup, saying he shall be very important in Indian situations.
“What is Ashwin supposed to prove after taking 712 international wickets? He has not been treated well despite being a senior player,” Ghavri stated.
“Ashwin is a quality player and he should have been selected for the Asia Cup. He will be a key bowler in the ODI World Cup on Indian pitches,” he stated.
Lal questioned the health of the gamers comparable to KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer, who’re getting back from lengthy damage layoffs.
“More or less it is the same team which we were all thinking about. The only concern is their fitness because both the Asia Cup and the World Cup are big events and level of fitness is very important,” he stated.
“If you are not fit physically then you are not mentally fit either — injuries always worry you. Hope the selectors have taken care of that.” Ghavri stated India ought to have picked Yashasvi Jaiswal as an alternative of Tilak Varma.
“Yashasvi did very well in the West Indies. He’s in good form and given the way he has been performing, he should have been in the Asia Cup team. He has a bright future with Team India,” he stated.
“Everybody is rating Varma very highly, but where is the performance? I hope he does well,” he added.
Varma was rewarded for his sturdy performances on the tour of the West Indies with a spot within the squad for the upcoming match.
The younger batter is in line to make his ODI debut, having made waves within the home circuit.
(With PTI Inputs)
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