Former Indian star rejects Yuzvendra Chahal in T20 World Cup squad, says “Don’t forget…” cricket news

Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has urged the Ajit Agarkar-led national selection committee to pick five bowlers for the T20 World Cup, including two quality wrist spinners. In the spin department, there are major contenders like Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi and Yuzvendra Chahal. While both Jadeja and Axar have performed well with the bat, Irfan feels he would prefer to introduce an additional wrist spinner. During a recent conversation, Irfan ignored Chahal in the race for wrist spinners and instead went with Kuldeep and Bishnoi.

“You need five good bowlers, that’s essential. What are your wicket-taking options? When you are talking about Ravindra Jadeja at No. 8 and playing as a spin (all-rounder), I Would love to have two wrist spinners Irfan said, “I would love to play two proper wrist spinners in my playing XI, (Ravi) Bishnoi and Kuldeep (Yadav), you know when he played, he was very good. Were.” during a conversation on Star Sports.

On the decision to ignore Chahal, Pathan said: “Yes, we are talking about Chahal right now because of his IPL performances, but let’s not forget the fielding part of it as well.”

Irfan also expressed his concern over the overall bowling department, saying that apart from star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, there is no other player who can be blindly trusted.

“There is only one player about whom you can blindly say (sure for selection) that is Bumrah. But apart from Bumrah, you need at least two fast bowlers who can be a part of the regular eleven. Indian team The biggest problem is the combination of fast bowling. It is very important to get that combination right, so go for experience,” he said.

The deadline for team submission is May 1 and it has been reported that India captain Rohit Sharma will meet the selectors in the coming days to discuss the squad.