The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday introduced a 20-man squad for the World Test Champions (WTC) ultimate in opposition to New Zealand, which might be performed in England beginning June 18.After the WTC ultimate, India can even play the five-match Test collection in opposition to England within the United Kingdom, which is scheduled for August-September 2021.
While the squad appears to be like balanced, one factor that grabbed everybody’s consideration was that India named as many as 4 spinners — R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar and Axar Patel — of their squad. Middle-order batsman Hanuma Vihari also can bowl off-spin.
The former cricketer even went on to say that Indians selectors now give extra weightage to bowlers with batting prowess.
“I feel Virat Kohli’s thinking changed after the Australia tour. The theory that if your bowler can bat has proved effective. If we talk about Washington Sundar and Ashwin’s batting in Australia, I think they were pivotal there,” Sodhi was quoted as saying. He added that these spinners helped in altering the destiny of the match, serving to India to create historical past in Australia. He thinks that is perhaps the rationale for the selectors to provide weightage to the bowlers who can bat and are all-rounders.
Sodhi additionally insisted that the Indian spinner will excel on the seam and swing pleasant wickets of England.
It should even be thought-about that India is slated to play England in Aug-Sep, when the floor begins to help spinners a bit. Another issue to think about is that the four-month-long tour of the United Kingdom might have pressured BCCI so as to add further gamers to their squad so as to handle their workload.
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