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Not Ravichandran Ashwin Or Washington Sundar! Harbhajan Singh Picks Axar Patel’s Substitute
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Legendary India National Cricket Team off-spinner Harbhajan Singh lately snubbed Ravichandran Ashwin and Washington Sundar as he picked the alternative for injured Axar Patel in India’s ODI squad.
Axar Patel was dominated out of the Asia Cup 2023 ultimate resulting from a left quadriceps pressure. Washington Sundar changed him within the squad and he additionally made it to India’s taking part in XI for the summit conflict. It was through the Bangladesh conflict that Axar suffered an harm, which had dominated him out of the ultimate of the continental match.
Chatting with reporters after the Asia Cup 2023 ultimate, Rohit Sharma revealed that the spin-bowling all-rounder will probably miss the primary two of the upcoming three-match ODI collection in opposition to Australia.
Axar Patel has been named in India’s World Cup squad as a spin-bowling all-rounder alongside Ravindra Jadeja. In case, his harm seems to be a extreme one, India should discover a alternative.
The highest two contenders for the function are Washington Sundar and veteran Ravichandran Ashwin. In the meantime, Rohit Sharma had additionally revealed that he’s in contact with Ravichandran Ashwin and Washington Sundar, the 2 gamers who’re able to fulfilling the spin-bowling all-rounder function within the Cricket World Cup 2023 squad.
I want to convey Yuzvendra Chahal – Harbhajan Singh
Nonetheless, the legendary India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has provide you with an out-of-the-box suggestion to exchange Axar, stating that the selectors ought to choose Yuzvendra Chahal within the squad. He added that the companies of the veteran leg-spinner had been missed through the Asia Cup, which India received in a dominant trend.
“I want to convey Yuzvendra Chahal as a substitute of every other participant. He’s a confirmed participant, a match winner. He was the one who was missed within the match,” he informed Sports activities Right now.
Harbhajan Singh additionally acknowledged that the number of Washington Sundar in India’s 15-man World Cup squad would have been higher. He reasoned:
“I want India had chosen Sundar within the unique 15 for the World Cup then we’d have had one other variation within the bowling division.”