Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has appointed Ashish Nehra and Hardik Pandya as India’s coach and captain respectively after India’s T20 World Cup semi-final loss towards England in Adelaide on Thursday.
Harbhajan stated that Team India wants somebody who understands the format higher and has performed T20 cricket not too long ago.
“It’s not just the captain. If you can bring in someone who has recently retired from T20 cricket, who understands the format,” Harbhajan advised India Today.
“You know, with all due respect to Rahul Dravid, he was my colleague and we performed a variety of cricket collectively, he has an ideal thoughts.
“But I believe should you do not wish to drop Dravid as coach from T20Is then assist somebody who has retired not too long ago. Someone like Ashish Nehra who has a superb thoughts for cricket. Look what he has executed there in Gujarat Titans.
He stated, “What Ashish brings to the team will encourage young people as well. It can be anyone, who has just retired,” he stated.
Hardik Pandya’s 63 off 33 went in useless as England beat India by 10 wickets on Thursday to arrange the T20 World Cup remaining towards Pakistan.
He stated, ‘Hardik Pandya is my selection for captaincy. There is not any higher possibility. He is the very best participant within the workforce and also you want extra individuals like him within the workforce,” stated the previous India spinner.
The mixture of Nehra and Pandya helped Gujarat Titans win the IPL title of their first season.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
