India vs New Zealand: S Sreesanth Bats For Bhuvneshwar Kumar In The Playing XI, Suggests Ravichandran Ashwin Can Be Picked As 3rd Spinner

Indian cricketer S Sreesanth feels that Bhuvneshwar Kumar deserves a chance to play for team India in their next game against New Zealand in ICC T20 World Cup 2021. Sreesanth said that Bhuvneshwar Kumar should be part of India’s playing XI against New Zealand. India vs New Zealand match in T20 World Cup 2021 is scheduled to be played today (October 31) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

India and New Zealand both lost their previous game to Pakistan. India lost to Pakistan in their opening game by 10 wickets while New Zealand faced a defeat by 5 wickets. Since only the top 2 teams out of 6 in each group will qualify for the semi-finals, India and New Zealand have a very crucial game against each other.

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar Should Play For India Against New Zealand: Sreesanth

While speaking to Cricketaddictor in an exclusive chat, S Sreesanth was questioned whether Bhuvneshwar Kumar deserves a chance in India’s playing XI in the match against New Zealand. in response, the right-arm pacer was quite confident that Bhuvneshwar Kumar can pick wickets for the team against New Zealand and said that he should be part of the team.

“Yes of course. He (Bhuvneshwar Kumar) should be playing in the XI as his experience is going to help the Indian cricket team. If he can get the ball to move earlier, I am very confident he can get a lot of wickets. If not, at least one so it gets easier for the spinners. Especially for Varun Chakravarthy and Ravindra Jadeja as an all-rounder when he is playing in the XI. So I believe Bhuvneshwar should be given a chance once again”, Sreesanth said.

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Sreesanth also mentioned that if the management wants a change, they can induct Ravichandran Ashwin as the 3rd spinner in the team. He said that R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Varun Chakravarthy bowling together will be brilliant.

“If there is a slight difference, if the team management wants to change then R Ashwin can come as a 3rd spinner. Especially with the UAE tracks getting slower and the run scoring is not that easy against the spinners. If Ashwin, Jadeja, and Varun Chakravarthy can bowl together, it will be brilliant. But as a fast bowler, as a good friend, I still believe Bhuvneshwar should be given one more opportunity and I am very confident he can get the new ball moving both ways and get the early wickets”, Sreesanth added.

 

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled 3 overs in the previous game against Pakistan and remained wicketless after conceding 25 runs. Other pacers like Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah also did not manage to pick any wicket in the match.

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After the loss against Pakistan, India takes the 5th spot in group 2 points table. Pakistan, after winning 3 games out of 3 so far, grabs the top spot and is a dominant contender of making it to the semi-finals and finishing as the top team in group 2.