At 34, with over a decade of expertise, Umesh Yadav nonetheless seemed like somebody new to the circuit. He is fast, erratic and wicket-taker. If Mohammed Shami’s inclusion within the Indian group after testing constructive for Covid was stunning, then taking him forward of standby Deepak Chahar for the T20 World Cup, raised extra eyebrows.
In the primary T20I towards Australia in Mohali, Umesh Yadav performed his first T20I in three years, eradicating the dangerous-looking Smith (35) and Glenn Maxwell (1) in three balls to show the match in India’s favour. But it was not sufficient as India misplaced the match by 4 wickets.
However, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has questioned Deepak Chahar’s collection of Umesh, who’s in reserve for the T20 World Cup.
Gavaskar instructed Sports Today, “I think it was best addressed to the team management that what was their thinking of taking on someone like Umesh Yadav, who is not even in reserve and Deepak Chahar is not playing. “
Deepak Chahar can be popping out with an damage. But you could have leg miles beneath your belt earlier than going into a giant match just like the World Cup. If you go into Deepak Chahar as a standby bowler and out of the blue somebody in Australia will get injured, he isn’t going to do a correct job as a result of he won’t get the momentum.
“So this is the question best addressed to the team management in the next media conference as to why they picked Umesh Yadav and not Deepak Chahar. Unless Chahar has a prick, about which we know nothing,” Gavaskar stated.
The second match of the three-match sequence will likely be performed in Nagpur on Friday.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
