Critics Disapprove BCCI’s ‘Directionless’ Move of Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma

Critics Disapprove BCCI’s ‘Directionless’ Move of Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma: When the BCCI announced about the 16 member squad to play the series against Afghanistan.

Many people were shocked along with many cricket legends as we can see the return of Virat Kohli and Rohit sharma to the T20I. And there is lot of anticipation about this.

Dasgupta has shared the opinion about taking Rohit and Virat to the team for T20I series.

‘Rinku Singh will miss out…’: Dasgupta About BCCI’s Directionless Decision

Former Indian Cricketer Deep Dasgupta speaking on to star sports, he reckoned that the selectors were moving on to the Rohit and Virat Kohli which will bring India”back to square one.”

“I was slightly surprised because I thought the team had moved on from Rohit and Kohli. The main criticism was the lack of intent from the senior players in the last T20 World Cup.

But then again, you need to keep in mind the kind of tracks you are expecting in the West Indies – are you expecting a 180 or 200-run wicket to 160-ish kind of tracks?

To be very honest, I do not find any direction here for India in the last one year. If they had to go back to Kohli and Rohit…given the squads we had in the last one year, it is like going back to square one.”

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He also said that, “If you look at the team India had against England (in 2022 T20 World Cup semifinal) and the one against Australia recently, Hardik, Jadeja and Bumrah and Siraj will be back, but the middle-order will remain the same.

Kohli will play at No. 3, Surya at 4, Hardik at 5, Jitesh or Samson at 6, then Jadeja and the rest follow. So there won’t be any difference in that middle-order finisher role,”

Finally, he conclued speakingto starsports that,

“Someone like Rinku Singh will miss out. You have to pick one between Jitesh and Samson. I am talking about the T20 World Cup going forward.

Rinku and Yashasvi had both impressed a lot, especially the former, because he plays a very specific and unique role and there aren’t much competitors for that spot as well.

You will get plenty of top-order batters, but there are rarely batters who can perform at No. 7 or 8. Rinku and Tilak might play against Afghanistan, but going forward, when Hardik and Surya will be available, I feel Rinku and Tilak will both miss out.”

India’s Squad For Afghanistan T20Is: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.