Although he was chosen forward of Ravi Bishnoi within the T20 World Cup squad, Yuzvendra Chahal didn’t play a single match in Australia. It raised questions then, however India most popular R Ashwin over him. Now, Dinesh Karthik, who made his nationwide comeback for that event, has spoken on the Chahal vs Ashwin debate.
“These are all calls which are taken by the captain and the coach with the assumption that they’ve a sure participant. To be sincere, Ashwin began the event nicely however the finish was in all probability not good. But Chahal definitely may have accomplished much more injury, may have been an fascinating possibility,” Karthik told Cricbuzz. “But a really fascinating factor to observe as soon as the outcomes are out.”
Ahead of the event, it was fascinating to trace which leg-spinner India would choose to play in Australia. Would he like different groups to go for a tempo leg-spinner within the type of Bishnoi? Or they may go for the skilled Chahal who’s significantly slower by way of the air than Bishnoi. In the tip, they went for Chahal however by no means used him.
India’s spin technique within the World Cup was extra about management and Ashwin and Axar Patel match their invoice.
Ashwin took six wickets in 5 matches at a mean of 25.83 and an financial system charge of 8.15. Three of them got here in India’s ultimate sport of the event towards Zimbabwe. He had two simple outings with the bat – a last-over thriller towards Pakistan and a 6-ball 13 towards Bangladesh.
Karthik concluded his spin evaluation thus: “Overall, if we look at the overall picture of the World Cup and Asia Cup, we expect much better from Team India and that is the right way to put it.”
Karthik himself didn’t have a superb event: scoring simply 14 runs in 4 innings earlier than being dropped for the final two matches.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
