T20 World Cup squad choice: Hardik Pandya in focus as Ajit Agarkar set to satisfy Rohit Sharma in Delhi | Cricket Information – Instances of India

T20 World Cup squad choice: Hardik Pandya in focus as Ajit Agarkar set to satisfy Rohit Sharma in Delhi | Cricket Information – Instances of India

NEW DELHI: Chairman of the nationwide choice committee Ajit Agarkar and skipper Rohit Sharma are set to carry an off-the-cuff assembly within the nationwide capital to debate a possible 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup within the Americas.
The official announcement is more likely to happen in Mumbai on Could 1, which is the deadline for the ICC occasion.It’s understood that Agarkar particularly flew to Delhi for Saturday’s IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, as this offered him a chance to have a dialogue with Rohit and acquire additional readability earlier than assembly together with his colleagues to finalize the workforce choice.
There are a few slots which will likely be up for dialogue as many of the workforce picks itself. There will not be many surprises and the one factor that the choice committee and workforce administration must be satisfied about is Hardik Pandya‘s bowling health.
If Hardik is slotted within the 15, then just one amongst Shivam Dube and Rinku Singh might be accommodated whereas it appears that evidently KL Rahul, one of many favourites of the present teaching dispensation headed by Rahul Dravid, has left his nearest competitor Sanju Samson far behind.
There may be little or no risk of a left-field choice and one possibility could possibly be Mumbai Indians batter Tilak Varma, who’s a flamboyant southpaw and may bowl useful off-spin in case opposition has extra left-handers.
Nevertheless, it will possibly’t be ascertained how a lot is the opportunity of that occuring as Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi are preventing for the third spinner’s slot.
Yuzvendra Chahal, the nation’s most skillful white ball wrist spinner, is reportedly not a precedence alternative for an influential member of the teaching workers, who has a whole lot of say in choice issues.
(With PTI inputs)