India Captain Rohit Sharma defended Wednesday to choose five spinners in the Champions Trophy Squad and said that three of them are all -rounders who add a lot of value to his team. Varun Chakaravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav are the two specialists spinners, while the other options in that Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Washington are Sundar, all of whom are very capable batteries. The spin-heavy side has three fast options in the form of Mohammed Shami, Arshdep Singh and Harshit Rana with Hardik Pandya as the only pace all-rounder.
The recording of five spinners in India's Champions Trophy Squad has attracted a lot of attention, but Captain Rohit Sharma defended the call from the Selectors on Wednesday and said that three of them are all -rounders who add great value to his team.
Varun Chakaravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav are the two specialists spinners, while the other options in that Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Washington are Sundar, all of whom are very capable batteries.
The spin-heavy side has three fast options in the form of Mohammed Shami, Arshdep Singh and Harshit Rana with Hardik Pandya as the only pace all-rounder.
“There are two spinners, and the other three are all -rounders, so I don't look at them as five spinners, who can batter three boys and can also bowl.
“In the rest of the teams, the fast bowlers are all -rounders, so they say they have taken six fast bowlers, which is good, but we play in our strength (spin),” Rohit told reporters when asked about the spider Heavy composition of the side.
The absence of the wounded Jasprit Bumrah has provided extra responsibility to Mohammed Shami, who has yet to regain his entire rhythm after a comeback from an injury.
India prefers to hit deeply and that explains the presence of three spin all -rounders in the side.
“Jadeja, Axar, Washy, give us a different dimension to our team and add a lot to this team and give us a lot of depth, so we wanted to try to get the players who can have two skills instead of one skill.” Dubai has Seen rain in recent days and India may have to deal with cloudy circumstances in their tournament opener against Bangladesh.
Whether it is batting or bowling, Rohit said his team is ready to tackle the prevailing circumstances and hitting deeply will help them alone. DEW is also a factor at the Dubai International Stadium.
“We have the arsenal to combat that if there are conditions that help the bowlers, with the overhead conditions, the bowlers are there to exploit that and the batter people, if we hit in those overhead conditions, they know exactly what to do.
“So I think it's all 7-8 batters who come to see if you get a big score or not, but all 7-8 batters have to contribute.
“I have seen it in the recent past where even without scoring a 100, the teams have succeeded in achieving a par score or higher in the par score in ODI layout because everyone wants to come in and everyone has broken down in it That will be our focus. “
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