'Rohit, Kohli, Suryakumar make India handicapped': Rahul Dravid warned against Yashasvi Jaiswal snub in T20 World Cup

[rollingstoned]

'Rohit, Kohli, Suryakumar make India handicapped': Rahul Dravid warned against Yashasvi Jaiswal snub in T20 World Cup

 

Despite what the T20 World Cup warm-up game against Bangladesh might have indicated, Irfan Pathan is against dropping Yashasvi Jaiswal from the India XI.

Although India captain Rohit Sharma denied having narrowed in on the team's playing XI for the 2024 T20 World Cup, one thing that the warm-up fixture against Bangladesh on Saturday certainly indicated is that Yashasvi Jaiswal will not feature in the line-up for the campaign opener against Ireland on June 5 in New York. Despite all the talk around the need for a left-right combination at the top of the batting order, Jaiswal was snubbed for Sanju Samson in the match against Bangladesh, thus confirming that Virat Kohli, who missed the match owing to his late arrival in New York, will open with Rohit in the ICC tournament.

 

India will play their T20 World Cup opener against Ireland on Wednesday

Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan was always against the move of Kohli opening with Rohit in the World Cup despite the 35-year-old's stellar run in the batting position in IPL 2024, where he won the Orange Cap after scoring 741 runs in 15 innings.

 

Speaking to Star Sports, Pathan highlighted a major reason why Jaiswal should not be dropped from the playing XI as he sparked a discussion that had been among the major talking points in the build-up to the 2023 ODI World Cup and after India's loss to Australia in the final. In a message to head coach Rahul Dravid, the former T20 World Cup winner urged that with India not having enough bowling options at their disposal, Jaiswal, who has been a regular bowler in the nets for India and for his IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals, should be picked along with Shivam Dube.

“With the selected team, there can be two combinations. In one combination, you can play with six bowlers, including Axar Patel, to deepen the batting lineup. In the other combination, you can play with four front-line bowlers and expect Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya to bowl. Another option for Team India is a young player who bowls in the nets but hasn’t bowled in matches, Yashasvi Jaiswal. Shivam Dube also mentioned during the IPL that he has been regularly bowling in the nets, preparing to bowl one or two overs in the World Cup," he said in discussing the possible bowling combinations for Team India.

 

"If Hardik can give you the option of bowling three to four overs, this problem will be largely solved. Our other batsmen, like Rohit, Virat, or Suryakumar Yadav, can’t bowl, which makes us somewhat handicapped. Ideally, if any of these players could bowl, it would greatly benefit the team. We talk about Australia, but even England has many all-rounders among their top seven players, including Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, and Will Jacks. It’s always better to have more bowling options, and yes, in this scenario, we are definitely handicapped.”

‘It's a bit of a weakness for Team India’

Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar, who was part of the panel, highlighted that the lack of all-rounders in the Indian squad remains their only weakness as they head into the World Cup as the favourites to lift their second trophy and first since the inaugural edition in 2007.

“Lack of all-rounders is a bit of a weakness for Team India. If you look at Australia, their batters like Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, and Cameron Green can bowl four overs in a match. I think that’s why the Indian team has brought Shivam Dube into the side to mitigate the limitations that come with a lack of all-rounders. Yes, it’s a small weakness, and now with the impact substitute rule in the IPL, this problem might increase. We currently rely on specialist bowlers and batters, but in this World Cup, the team will need to make some adjustments, and someone will have to bowl at least two to three overs in a match,” he explained.

 

 

[Sgattick10]

Two right handed openers is a recipe for disaster against left arm swing bowlers which most of the teams have including Pak. 

[Nikhil_cric]

1 hour ago, Sgattick10 said:

Two right handed openers is a recipe for disaster against left arm swing bowlers which most of the teams have including Pak. 

Making the same mistakes they've been making for the last 3 years in the batting department.

[Gollum]

3 RHBs in top order against Afridi, Amir, Starc, Boult, Topley, Curran, Jensen, Fizz......have we learnt nothing? 

[Manucrick]

Vk and rohit score 35 - 0 in power play 

[Lord]

Its been a weakness for a decade, still not addressed.

 

I'll be happy if they can even bat well let alone bowling. Bowling will do its job.

[Lord]

16 minutes ago, Gollum said:

3 RHBs in top order against Afridi, Amir, Starc, Boult, Topley, Curran, Jensen, Fizz......have we learnt nothing? 

 

Yes we learnt star power matters most.

[vvvslaxman]

So they are raising this as an issue after 6 or 7 years 

[bowl_out]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

3 RHBs in top order against Afridi, Amir, Starc, Boult, Topley, Curran, Jensen, Fizz......have we learnt nothing? 

Knowing Kohli's weakness against SLA, expect Santner, Agar, and other no name SLA to make merry

[IndianRenegade]

they just don't care. Seniors making it to the squad & to their preferred positions is more important than team balance, they have proved it again & again. 

[Chakdephatte]

If you ask the selectors, they will say the same thing. 

But they can't do anything about it. As has been clear since Dhoni times, but somehow, we end up blaming the staff rather than the administration.

[vvvslaxman]

Jaiswal must take his bowling seriously. Hope they don't go the same way as Kohli, Rohit

[Vijy]

5 hours ago, Gollum said:

3 RHBs in top order against Afridi, Amir, Starc, Boult, Topley, Curran, Jensen, Fizz......have we learnt nothing? 

we have learnt a lot... about how to do the same crap over and over

[Ultimate_Game]

Our motto is "Same shyte, different tournament". Playing right handers at the top of the order, no all-rounders or multi-dimensional players, top heavy and no batting depth, lack of power hitters lower down the order.

 

It's the same stuff year after year, tourney after tourney, and yet we haven't even tried changing things up. This time we actually had players in form who could've been selected but we again went with the same TTFs.

[Vijy]

27 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

Our motto is "Same shyte, different tournament". Playing right handers at the top of the order, no all-rounders or multi-dimensional players, top heavy and no batting depth, lack of power hitters lower down the order.

 

It's the same stuff year after year, tourney after tourney, and yet we haven't even tried changing things up. This time we actually had players in form who could've been selected but we again went with the same TTFs.

another motto: same old, same old

[Forever Indian]

Indian team:

 

[NameGoesHere]

RahulDravid warned against Yashasvi Jaiswal snub in T20 World Cup

 

Such an ambiguous headline, could make you think that it was Dravid doing the warning.

 

Whereas  in the story it looks like Pathan the Irfan, and Manju the Unspeakable, were the ones doing the warning.

[Chaos]

What?

 

 

 

[Ultimate_Game]

2 hours ago, NameGoesHere said:

RahulDravid warned against Yashasvi Jaiswal snub in T20 World Cup

 

Such an ambiguous headline, could make you think that it was Dravid doing the warning.

 

Whereas  in the story it looks like Pathan the Irfan, and Manju the Unspeakable, were the ones doing the warning.

 

It says a lot that someone like Manju is warning about something and he's right! 

[tweaker]

Instead of selecting both Axar and Jadeja ,Selectors should have selected Parag.As Abhishek is opener he would not have been selected. 

Parag in place of Axar would have been a great move