India’s T20 World Cup squad: Sourav Ganguly makes two definite selections. Not Virat Kohli or Shubman Gill. cricket news

Former captain Sourav Ganguly feels Axar Patel will cement his place in the Indian team for the upcoming T20 World Cup as he can be shifted around the batting order depending on the match situation. Akshar has bowled brilliantly throughout the season with an economy rate of 7.06 and when he got promoted, he showed his batting prowess against Gujarat Titans. “Akshar, there is a certainty. Both Rishabh and Axar are a certainty for me in the T20 World Cup. The way things are going in T20, Rohit would like someone to come in at No. 8 and bat, give 15-20 runs which Axar Can do it easily, and if he needs someone to hit the spinners, Akshar can do that too.

“That’s the advantage with Jadeja and Axar, they are very talented and talented,” Delhi Capitals director of cricket Ganguly said on the eve of the IPL clash against Mumbai Indians.

Ganguly, who helped left-handed Akshar with his batting, said that the all-rounder has the ability to bat in Tests as well as T20s.

“You have to have the ability to hit the ball. In T20 cricket you don’t have time for technique. But you have to have the basics and he always had that.”

“When you watch his batting in Tests for India, he scores runs under pressure on turning pitches. He has the ability to bat, but in T20 you need the ability to strike and he does that when When he’s pushed up and gets a little more time to tackle and keep hitting.

“He is a tremendous cricketer – batting, bowling, fielding. He has the ability to bat and he can bat in T20 cricket as well. He is a very talented cricketer,” Ganguly said.

By scoring three half-centuries in the ongoing IPL, Pant has shown that he has fully recovered from the injuries sustained during the horrific car accident. He was at his aggressive best against Gujarat Titans.

He faces competition from the likes of Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan and Dinesh Karthik for the wicketkeeper’s spot, but Ganguly is confident that the 26-year-old from Uttarakhand is a sure shot in the Indian team.

“I like Rishabh and Sanju. Rishabh will go to the T20 World Cup. Sanju can also go, not saying he should not go. He is a good player and bats as well as any other player, Rajasthan’s Do captaincy. Both can go if the selectors feel like it,” he said.

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