They Have Prepared 50 Guys Who Are Ready To Play For The National Team - Inzamam-ul-Haq In Awe Of India's Bench Strength

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is left astonished by the depth of the high-quality players available in Indian cricket, which will soon be on display as the Asian giants will be split into two groups: one announced for travelling to the UK; other for the tour of Sri Lanka.

A 20-man squad plus 5 reserved will fly to the UK for the Test assignments- the WTC final and the series against England. While at the same time, India is slated for a white-ball tour to Sri Lanka in July. Hence, with quarantine protocols, a second-string squad will travel to Sri Lanka.

However, Inzamam-ul-Haq believes the second-string players are all good enough to make it into the first eleven. He reckons this move of making two fielding two separate teams by India is something which even the Australians at their peak couldn’t manage to pull.

“This idea of assembling a second Indian team is very interesting What India are trying to do today, Australia did this years ago, but they were not able to be successful in it. But the scenario today is such that India appear to be pulling it off. For the first time I think it is happening that a national cricket team will be playing two different series. One side in one country and the other side in some other country, and both are national teams,” Inzamam-ul-Haq said in his YouTube video.

“When Australia were at their peak. From 1995 to say 2005-2010, they had tried to distinguish two international teams named Australia A and Australia B, but they didn’t get the permission. India are doing what even Australia couldn’t do in their peak. And the move makes sense given the isolation protocols and everything, and it couldn’t have been possible to send the same team to both countries in such a gap.

“India at this time have so much strength that they are capable of doing this. Their pool of players is so huge that they are able to manage this. If you look at the players who would be traveling to Sri Lanka, it would appear as if this is India’s main team, such is their bench strength,” he added.

First-class structure and the IPL has helped assemble two different teams at the same time: Inzamam-ul-Haq

The 51-year-old credits BCCI’s domestic structure and the IPL for unleashing an immense, unprecedented depth in India’s cricket. Domestic cricket helps players get noticed by the IPL franchises, which provides them with the opportunity to learn from the best in the world.

“India have improved their First-Class structure and then there is the IPL as well that has helped assemble two different teams at the same time. It’s almost as if India have prepared 50 guys who are ready to play for the national team,” Inzamam-ul-Haq concluded.

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