Sunil Gavaskar says that he would play both Pant and Karthik in his playing XI in T20 WC
BCCI announced a 15-member T20 World Cup squad for India on Monday while Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik were both added to the squad and after the announcement; Dinesh Karthik took to twitter to say “Dreams do come true.”
BCCI announced a 15-member T20 World Cup squad for India on Monday while Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik were both added to the squad.
After the announcement, Dinesh Karthik took to twitter to say “Dreams do come true.” Now, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has said that he would play both Pant and Karthik in his playing XI for the upcoming World Cup, and he gave the reasoning, saying risks need to be taken if you want to win a mega event.
“I would play both Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik. At No.5, Rishabh Pant, No.6 Hardik Pandya or the vice-versa, and I’ll play Dinesh Karthik at No.7. I would give with Hardik and four other options as bowlers. If you do not take a risk, how will you win? You need to take risks in all departments then only you can get rewards,”
Gavaskar told Sports Tak.
In the squad, Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel have also been added and hence the bowling department has strengthened. Gavaskar feels that the addition of these two will support the lineup and India will be good to go.
“It is a good team. It is a balanced side, we have high hopes for them in terms of winning the World Cup. I think India can win the World Cup because of the balance. What happened in Asia Cup was a wake-up call, I am hopeful that this team will come back with the World Cup. The team that has been selected, we should support that. Now that the time has been announced, we should give our full backing,”
said Gavaskar.
“Our problem in the Asia Cup was that we did not have such bowlers that can defend a total. Now that, Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel have come back, these two are such bowlers who can defend targets and if you are bowling first, they can strike upfront. The team has become stronger with these two coming together,”
he added.
India squad for ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
Standby players – Mohd. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.
India Squad for Australia T20Is: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd. Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah
India squad for South Africa T20Is: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.