Sunil Gavaskar is enraged by the remark, ‘Harshal Will Get Hit In Australia.’ Sunil Gavaskar responded sternly to a fan who suggested that Harshal Patel go for runs in the T20 World Cup in 2022.
While the Indian cricket team squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup appears to be tried and tested, a couple of omissions stood out to some experts. Former Indian cricket team member and World Cup participant Krishnamachari Srikkanth believed Mohammed Shami should have been named to the main squad instead of Harshal Patel. “If I were the chairman of the selection committee, (Mohammad) Shami is definitely in the team,” Srikkanth said on Star Sports. “We’re playing in Australia, the guy’s got the real action, the guy’s got bounce, he can bare the moment and he can get on early wickets, so I would have probably got Shami instead of Harshal Patel.”
While Harshal has emerged as a very good pace option in T20s, Shami finished the IPL 2022 as the sixth-highest wicket-taker with 20 scalps.
In a Sports Tak discussion, a viewer asked former India captain Sunil Gavaskar for his thoughts on Harshal Patel. “Harshal Australia mein maar kha sakte (Harshal can get smashed in Australia); he doesn’t have much pace and batters in Australia can attack him,” a viewer inquired.
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Gavaskar took the question seriously.
“Aagey jaa kar dekhenge na, unki pitai kaise ho sakti hai. Aap ne pehle se hi tay kar diya, pitai hoti hai. Yaar match hone dijiye na. Match hone ke baad aap bol sakte hain ‘aisa ho gaya, waisa ho gaya’. (We will see that once the tournament starts. How can you already decide that he will go for runs? You came to a conclusion because he bowls slow. At least let the match happen first. Then sure, you can say that ‘This happened, that happened’),” replied Gavaskar during the show on Sports Tak.
India squad for ICC T20 World Cup:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
Standby players –
Mohammed Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.
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