No Place For Kohli, Karthik In Jadeja’s Pick of T20 World Cup Squad
No Place For Kohli, Karthik In Jadeja’s Pick of T20 World Cup Squad, With two months left for the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, many experts have picked their India squad for the mega event in October-November. The Indian team is about to face a lot of competition. The team is exploring new game strategies leading to no clarity on which player will board the flight to Australia. The latest name to join the bandwagon is former cricket player, Ajay Jadeja. Even though Jadeja didn’t pick the full India squad, he gave an idea of what India’s playing could look like during the T20 World Cup.
Jadeja selected Mohammed Shami in his pick along with Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah as three pacers. He avoided and dropped Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Shami has not been playing for India in T20Is since the last T20 World Cup. Shami is not like;y to be included in the team for the Asia Cup. On the other hand, the dodged Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been India’s highest wicket-taker post the T20 World Cup 2021 in T20Is.
“I have added Shami to the team. So for me, I select bowlers first. So Shami is a certainty. Bumrah, Arshdeep and Chahal. These are the four certainties. In batting, four are certainties for me – Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, and Deepak Hooda. For this bowling attack, you have powerplay, middle overs and death overs sorted. You can bowl them anywhere. Even for the batters, they are flexible,” he said ahead of the final T20I against West Indies.
Jadeja remarked bold claims about India’s batting lineup. He said that if India decides to follow an aggressive batting approach, then there is no place for Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik in the Indian team.
“Now if you want to play the way I have heard them…aggressive then you have to pick differently. If Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma walk in, you need Dinesh Karthik at all costs. He is your insurance. But if you don’t have either of them then Dinesh Karthik has no work here. But yes I would not put Karthik there, he can have a seat beside me. He is very good as a commentator. But there, in the team, I would not pick him. Now the decision is whether you want to play Ravindra or Axar. If it’s Dhoni style, then add Kohli, Rohit, and Karthik. But in modern-day cricket, you have to leave out Karthik. Maybe even Kohli depends on whether he is in form or not.” he explained.