BCCI chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar with captain Rohit Sharma. File
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The nationwide choice committee led by Ajit Agarkar will meet BCCI secretary Jay Shah in Ahmedabad on April 30 to finalise the 15-member squad for the ICC T20 World Cup in the Americas however the official announcement would possibly occur a day later.
The BCCI secretary is the convenor of the senior choice committee (males) and with Shah busy together with his political commitments, it’s understood that the assembly might be held in Ahmedabad.
The second wicketkeeper’s slot and all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s place in the aspect would be the two speaking factors of the choice assembly.
It is known that KL Rahul (IPL strike fee of 144 and 378 runs to date) and Sanju Samson (385 runs at a strike fee of 161) are nonetheless locked in a battle for the second wicketkeeper’s slot.
Rajasthan Royals captain Samson has for the primary time in over a decade been a constant performer for his IPL aspect however there is no such thing as a manner his No. 3 batting slot goes to get him a spot in the India staff.
Another faculty of thought is that somebody like Samson, who has 25 T20Is below his belt however a median of simply 20 and a strike fee of round 135, shouldn’t be thought-about primarily based on only one good IPL season.
In case of Rahul, it may be mentioned that one senior member of the teaching workers will definitely go all out to push for his inclusion however many consider that the trendy right-handed batter’s strategy in T20 cricket stays archaic.
However, he’s nonetheless thought-about a greater wager than Samson at No. 5 or 6 on slowish Caribbean tracks.
The different choice, Jitesh Sharma, is in very poor kind, whereas Dhruv Jurel hasn’t bought an opportunity to preserve wickets. During the final sport in Lucknow, he did get a chance to bat lengthy and scored a fifty.
Left-handed batter Tilak Varma, who can be a helpful off-spinner, stays an choice together with pacer Sandeep Sharma, the Punjab veteran whose slower variations on the demise have performed an enormous function in Rajasthan Royals’ surge to the highest of the IPL desk.
