3 Reasons Why Ravi Bishnoi Was Not Selected In India Squad For T20 World Cup 2022

BCCI has announced the India squad for T20 World Cup 2022. Rohit Sharma will lead the team in the tournament. Ravi Bishnoi, who has been a regular part of the India squad in many T20I series this year, was not picked up in the squad for T20 World Cup 2022 squad.

For the spinners, the selectors went ahead with players like Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Axar Patel. Since his debut this year, Ravi Bishnoi has executed an outstanding performance. In 10 T20I games, he has picked 16 wickets at an average of 17.12 and an economy of 7.09. Here we take a look at 3 reasons why Ravi Bishnoi was not selected for in India squad for T20 World Cup 2022.

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3 Reasons Why Ravi Bishnoi Was Not Selected In India Squad For T20 World Cup 2022

1. Australian Conditions

One of the reasons why Bishnoi was overlooked for the T20 World Cup 2022 is that the venue of the tournament is Australia and Australian grounds are not spin-friendly. Due to flat pitches, the pacers get a good advantage at the stadium while the spinners are on the losing end. Pacers are expected to steal the show in T20 World Cup 2022 and hence, spinners are not given a lot of attention in the Indian squad.

We witnessed how all the teams picked more spinners during last year’s T20 World Cup, which was held in a spin-friendly venue UAE. Spinners like Wanindu Hasaranaga, Adam Zampa, Shakib Al Hasan, Shadab Khan, Adil Rashid, and Rashid Khan also emerged among the top wicket-takers in the tournament.

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2. Similar Profile Like Yuzvendra Chahal

Ravi Bishnoi holds a similar profile to Yuzvendra Chahal. Chahal and Bishnoi are both right-arm leg spinners. At the moment, Chahal is a top option for the team for a leg spinner. He has been outstanding this year in T20Is, picking 19 wickets in 16 games at an average of 21.0 and economy of 7.36.

Also, Chahal is far more experienced than Ravi Bishnoi, having 66 ODIs and 67 T20Is under his belt. In the recent Asia Cup 2022, Bishnoi was only picked in one match and the team went ahead with Yuzvendra Chahal in most of the games.

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3. Addition of Axar Patel

Since Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out of the T20 World Cup 2022 due to injury, Axar Patel was roped in the squad to replace him. Since Axar Patel is more of a bowling all-rounder, India has got a good spin option in the squad.

Patel is a left-arm spinner and an off-spinner and it gives more variation to the team in the spin department. Patel can also score runs with the bat and makes up a good tailender batsman. In an earlier ODI series against West Indies, he slammed a match-winning knock of unbeaten 64 in one match.

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