Team India Breaks Silence On Ayush Badoni's Controversial ODI Selection For NZ Series

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Team India Breaks Silence On Ayush Badoni's Controversial ODI Selection For NZ Series

 

Washington Sundar's injury has paved the way for Ayush Badoni to be called up for the last two India vs New Zealand ODIs.

File photo of Ayush Badoni and Gautam Gambhir

 

Washington Sundar's injury has paved the way for Ayush Badoni to be called up for the last two India vs New Zealand ODIs. However, the decision to select Badoni has not met with a positive response from all quarters. Badoni was drafted in, though many felt Riyan Parag or Rinku Singh were good options too. Ahead of the second ODI against New Zealand, Indian batting coach Sitanshu Kotak spoke about the inclusion of Delhi youngster Ayush Badoni in the squad, saying that he has performed really well for India A in the opportunities he has received and also in the Indian Premier League (IPL), making him a good candidate to fill the shoes of all-rounder Washington Sundar with his useful right-arm off-breaks, thus serving as a like-for-like replacement for the Tamil Nadu star.

 

Speaking during the presser, Kotak said: "He has been playing, he has been performing, he has played some India A one-day matches and he has performed. Of course, it is the selectors who pick the team, but for any common man, when Washington is out, you cannot normally go with only five bowlers. For example, in the last game, if we had only five bowlers and Washington got injured in the fourth or fifth over, then who would have bowled those overs? So every team would like to have a sixth bowling option. Sometimes, if it is an all-rounder like Washington, then it's an equally good bowler; sometimes it might be more of a batter who can bowl."

 

"If required, somebody should be able to bowl four or five overs, or even three or four overs, whatever is needed. He has scored a couple of fifties for India A and can bowl. He has performed well in the IPL and white-ball cricket, so good luck to him," he added.

In 27 List A appearances so far, Badoni has made 693 runs at an average of 36.47, with a strike rate of over 93, including a century and five fifties, with a best score of 100. He has also taken 18 wickets at an average of 29.72 and an economy rate of 4.54, with best figures of 3/29.

 

During the South Africa A tour to India last year, Badoni registered a half-century - a knock of 66 in the second unofficial ODI - and bowled spells of 0/15 (four overs) and 0/43 (seven overs) in the two matches he played.

Also, in Australia A's tour to India last year, he took three wickets in two matches at an average of 16.33 and scored 21 in a solitary innings.

 

In 56 IPL matches and 46 innings for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) as a middle-order batter, he has made 963 runs at an average of 26.75, with a strike rate of 138.56, including six fifties and a best score of 74.

[Sooda]

Tbh there is no news here, it isnt controversial and to be fair to management there is a pathway he has come through. You can debate if he's good enough but let's find out. He's done well for A team and If you want a batting AR who bowls off spin - he's the only candidate really.

 

Yes I would want Parag instead as many others would but he is still recovering and Rinku doesn't or hasn't bowled enough 

Edited January 14 by Sooda

[tapandrun]

Do not think sundar himself is cut-out for the white-ball cricket and the role. and badhoni may not be intnl quality.

 

They should add a proper batter in the side who can bowl a bit, there is no point playing a specialist off-spinner no other team plays off-spinner.

 

If selected in playing 11 badoni would have played in lower mo, do not think he has power game to play at that position. Yes it can work once ot twice in IPL but not in intnl vs quality opp. And in List-A he avgs ~35 for a part-time off-spinner and mo domestic batter avg of 35 is too low..

 

But ppl are reacting too much to this, parag is injured, rinku hardly bowls. The better option was to pick some1 like Naman dihir/Shahruk both can be good a lower order finisher with decent power game for Odi cricket and can bowl bit of off-spin 

 

 

[Ultimate_Game]

They deliberately picked the worst possible option. I really feel for likes of Rinku, Jaiswal and Sarfaraz who'll never be able to get a fair shot no matter how well they perform.

[cricspirit]

That pic of Gumbo Dumbo,  makes you want to smack him. 

 

Looking to see the back of this Idiot, sooner than later. Worst Coach in years. 

[The Realist]

Another Gambhir boy-toy

 

Has a fetish for "all-rounders" 

[test fan]

Why Badoni was picked ahead of  Parag ? Parag need to drafted both odi and T20 team .

[diga]

1 hour ago, test fan said:

Why Badoni was picked ahead of  Parag ? Parag need to drafted both odi and T20 team .

Parag injured 

[tapandrun]

1 hour ago, test fan said:

Why Badoni was picked ahead of  Parag ? Parag need to drafted both odi and T20 team .

Parag is injured dint play smat and vht as well