"They Have Won So Many Matches And So Many Series For Us" - Shikhar Dhawan Credits Kuldeep Yadav And Yuzvendra Chahal
Published - 18 Jul 2021, 12:56 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:49 AM
India’s skipper for the Sri Lanka series, Shikhar Dhawan noted the importance of Kuldeep and Chahal in India’s squad in the last few years but was clear about the best spinner being picked. India will have a wide array of choices to pick from for Sri Lanka and they have as many as 6 spinners in the squad already.
This might be an opportunity to book a place in the T20 Worldcup squad for certain fringe players and spin is always going to play a big part for India. Varun Chakravarthy and Krishnappa Gowtham haven’t yet made their debut in international cricket while the other spinner has got a little bit of international experience.
“We Have To Field The Best Playing XI” – Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan did not reveal who will be the spinner in the playing XI and instead mentioned that India will play the spinner whose performance is expected to be the best. He noted that winning the series will be the ultimate goal and added they will have to field the best playing XI according to the conditions. He added that it is not a necessity that all the spinners should be given a game or should be picked up in the playing XI.
“We have not thought on who will play how many matches. [We will play] the way a series is played. Our goal is to win the series. We have to field the best playing XI”
“We will play the spinner we feel will perform the best. It is not like that if we have got these many, we will play all of them,” Shikhar Dhawan stated ahead of the first ODI against Sri Lanka.
“They Both Share Great Chemistry, Kuldeep And Chahal” – Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan also credited Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal for their success together in international cricket for the last couple of years and he mentioned their chemistry being really good. He added that the squad has been working on the fitness and was confident about them performing well in the series.
“They both share great chemistry, Kuldeep and Chahal. They have won so many matches and so many series for us and they are bowling really well and even Rahul Chahar is also a great spinner.”
“We have got a bunch of boys who are bowling well. They are on top of their game and fitness and yeah, I am sure you will see them doing well and taking wickets,” Shikhar Dhawan added.
