Talking to Star Sports, Hayden mentioned, “The job which he hates the most is selecting any squad for the tournament. In the Indian context, I would love to see Sanju Samson in the squad. Also India needs more all-rounders than batters so Axar Patel will be a better choice than Tilak Verma.”
The Indian squad for the Asia Cup 2023 was introduced on August 21 with some stunning names in it. The most anticipated was one of many exclusions of wizard spinner Yuzvendra Chahal.
KL Rahul not being utterly match obtained chosen within the squad. The determination to choose Kuldeep over Chahal was influenced by eyeing the staff stability. Axar performing properly each with the bat and ball will present extra depth to the batting. Kuldeep’s efficiency in previous years has been actually spectacular, within the final 9 ODI matches he took 18 wickets.
Samson will journey as a backup participant within the Asia Cup. He is a possible substitute for KL Rahul who is totally recovering from niggle damage.
The wicket-keeper batter carried out extraordinarily properly in final yr’s IPL season and towards Ireland, however nonetheless didn’t make it to the squad.
The 15-member Indian squad picked by Hayden follows: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan and Axar Patel.
(With IANS Inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com