Former India cricketer Saba Karim believes that the Team India will not require the services of Shikhar Dhawan if India have 325-350 runs as a par score in their mind in ODIs going ahead. He also added that with players like Shubman Gill and Kishan fighting for the top-order spot, Dhawan’s spot is in danger.
“It will depend on the team management, that what sort of cricket they are wanting to play. If the team management still believes that 275-300 is their aim, then you need Shikhar Dhawan because he is still that kind of a player,” said Saba Karim as quoted by News18.
It is a different thing that he has not scored runs in this series. But if you give him an opportunity again and tell him that we have to score 275-300 only, Shikhar Dhawan’s place will be there till the World Cup. But if we have decided that our par score will be 325-350, there is no place for Dhawan,” he added.
We are two to three years behind in white-ball cricket: Saba Karim
“A lot will depend on the selectors and the team management, the captain, and what expectations you have. If you expect that Shikhar Dhawan will play a big knock at a strike rate of 130-140 in a 350-run game, it is not going to happen. I feel in the coming times, we have to achieve a lot.
“I feel we are two to three years behind in white-ball cricket and to get there we will need new players, players like Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Prithvi Shaw,” he said.
