Ravi Shastri picks 2 players for India’s T20 World Cup hopes. Not Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma. cricket news

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has named two players – Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dubey – who are set to make their debut in senior ICC events for India as part of the team’s hopes for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in the Caribbean and the United States in June. Have chosen. Jaiswal and Dubey were named in India’s 15-man squad for the tournament starting next month. While the former player was in top form with record runs in the ICC World Test Championship series against England, Dubey has been in top form with the bat in the ongoing Indian Premier League, hitting 26 sixes in 11 matches.

“The two gentlemen you have to keep an eye on, and both left-handers, both playing their first World Cup. One is [Yashasvi] Jaiswal. We know a lot about him, he did very well against England, explosive at the top, left-handed batsman, he is young, he is fearless and he will play the shots,” Shastri told ICC.

Shastri picked Dubey as another player to watch out for from the Indian team.

“But there is someone in the middle, please be careful [him], because he is explosive, he is destructive and he is a match winner. He hits sixes for fun, and when it comes to spin bowling, he can kill you,” said the former Indian cricketer.

“He’ll park some balls from Long Island to Short Island, he’s that kind of player. He hits big, he hits long, and like I said, against spin, he can hit you. Even That even against him, the fast bowlers, he has worked on his game, he has understood the way to play and I think that is important at the number five, number six position because if you are in a frustrating situation, you Want someone to convert it in 20-25 balls, he is the player to go,” Shastri said.

Dubey has scored at an average of 170.73 in IPL 2024, while in 11 matches this year he has scored 350 runs at an average of more than 40.

The left-handed batsman was highly praised by Shastri, who believes that Dubey’s big hitting can open up big scores for India in the competition.

“His strike rate, which will be around 200 most of the time, will help India a lot going forward, getting those 190, 200 that are needed in big competitions, especially like [T20] world Cup. So enjoy it, be careful of this left-hander – he’s big, he’s strapping and he hits the long ball,” the India legend concluded.

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