5 Indian Players Who Should Now Retire From The T20 Format

No one is guaranteed a spot for a longer time in the Indian team as the competitive standards have gone up and let us look at some of the Indian players who should retire from the T20 format. The selectors have given chances to more players than before and it is the responsibility of the players to grab the opportunities with both hands. International cricket has a lot more pressure and adapting to it at the earliest is mandatory now.

The first T20 match between India and England resulted in the favour of the England side as they dominated the proceedings from ball one. It was tough for India to come back after losing three important wickets so early and despite the efforts of Shreyas Iyer, India could not build momentum and eventually succumbed to a very low score which the England batsman chased down very easily.

5 Indian Players Who Should Now Retire From The T20 Format:

Manish Pandey:

Manish Pandey has been part of the T20 squads for a long time now but was dropped for the England series to give chances for new faces like Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan. Manish Pandey has been in and out of the side with the Indian management preferring Shreyas Iyer over him for the same spot.

Manish Pandey has also not been at his prime best for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL scoring 425 runs in the 16 games he played. Despite not being at his absolute best, he averages more than 44 for India in T20s and needs to look at retiring from the T20 format as India is most likely to part ways with him.

Shivam Dube:

Shivam Dube had been a lot of opportunities in the five-match T20 series against New Zealand but couldn’t match his expectations with the bat and the ball. He was picked as a big-hitting left-hander who could bowl some couple of overs in the middle but it wasn’t to be as he was dropped after a string of low scores.

Shivam Dube played 13 T20 games for India averaging 17.5 with the bat with one fifty in his career. His IPL stint wasn’t successful too as he was released by the RCB franchise ahead of the auction and is now picked in the Rajasthan Royals for the upcoming edition. With the number of chances he has already got, India will more probably look for a better talent than the Mumbaikar.

Vijay Shankar:

Vijay Shankar came into the setup as a like-for-like replacement to Hardik Pandya and he made wonders so early after breaking into the Indian team. His calm and composure at crucial situations along with his ability to clear sixes at will impressed the Indian team and he was picked for the 2019 WorldCup as the number four.

He fared out decently in the limited games he played for India and after facing a lot of injury concerns, he was left out of the Indian squad. He was benched in the domestic games for his stateside in the BCCI tournaments of late and it will be very hard for him to break into the team again after missing out on the chances in his time.

Harbhajan Singh:

The veteran off-spinner who was part of the T20 WorldCup squad that won the inaugural edition in 2007 hasn’t retired yet and probably will look to announce his retirement soon with the current squad having a lot of spinners. Washington Sundar’s rise has kept Ashwin out of the race for limited-overs series and Harbhajan hasn’t been in the contention for a while.

The 40-year-old last played for the nation in T20s in 2016 against UAE and has been a regular feature in the IPL alone. He was picked by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the auction and the time has come for him to announce the end of an excellent career.

Shikhar Dhawan:

However, Dhawan consumed 12 deliveries for just 4 runs against England and the way he was dismissed would have made the management not happy. Dhawan did perform well in the IPL but age being a factor, Dhawan needs to pull his socks up for each and every game he plays for India.