“Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Make India Handicapped”: Rahul Dravid

Irfan Pathan feels that there should be more options for Bowling: The T20 World Cup has started on June 1 and is going to end on June 29, in this game, 20 teams are taking place. And India is going to start its schedule from June 5th.

It is a big worry as there is no impact rule and there is a lack of all-round options in the India team.

“Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Make India Handicapped”: Rahul Dravid

Everyone is waiting for India to start the campaign, right? Soon, in a few days, India is going to start their group campaign on June 5th. Former India all-rounder, Irfan Pathan, feels that there should be more bowling options in the playing XI as Virat, Rohit, and Suryakumar Yadav make the team handicapped.

Irfan on a Star Sports network said that,

“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.”

“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.

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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 handicapped.”

“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 added.