Yuzvendra Chahal “Doesn’t Deserve To Be In Team India”: Ex-Pakistan Spinner’s Blunt Remark | Cricket News

Team India’s squad for the Asia Cup 2023 was introduced on Monday with skipper Rohit Sharma and BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar revealing the 18-member squad. All-rounder Hardik Pandya was promoted as Rohit’s deputy for the continental occasion whereas batters KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer made their means again into workforce after battling by their respective accidents. However, the exclusion of Yuzvendra Chahal sparked a debate as many former cricketers lashed out on the selectors for ignoring the veteran leg-spinner.

The 18-member squad consists of Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, and Kuldeep Yadav because the spinners. However, former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria backed the selectors for going forward with Kuldeep over Chahal and said that the Rajasthan Royals spinner “doesn’t deserve” to be within the workforce proper now.

“Yuzvendra Chahal doesn’t deserve to be in Team India right now. He has been very inconsistent. Kuldeep Yadav, on the other hand, has picked up wickets regularly and can be effective in the middle overs. The selectors took the right call by going with Kuldeep over Chahal,” Kaneria mentioned on his YouTube channel.

Earlier, former India spinner Harbhajan Singh got here in assist of Chahal and known as him India’s greatest spinner in white-ball cricket, including that a number of dangerous video games do not make him a nasty bowler.

“The one thing I feel is lacking in the team is the absence of Yuzvendra Chahal. A leg-spinner who can get the ball to turn away. If you talk about genuine spinner, I don’t think there’s any spinner in India better than Chahal in white-ball formats. Yes, his last few games weren’t good, but that doesn’t make him a bad bowler,” Harbhajan had mentioned on his YouTube channel.

“I think his presence in the team was necessary. I hope the doors aren’t closed to him. It’s important to consider him for the World Cup because the tournament is in India. Chahal is a proven match-winner. I can understand his form isn’t good, so you may have rested him. But I think if he was with the team, his confidence would’ve stayed intact. Any player who comes back after being dropped, the pressure to perform is always there,” he added.