Former India cricketer and 1983 World Cup winner Krishnamachari Srikkanth has named two big players who do not make the cut in his India’s ODI World Cup squad list. Recently, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named a probables list consisting of 20 players for the 2023 ODI World Cup.
“Two of the players won’t be in my list, Shubman Gill and Shardul Thakur,” Srikkanth was quoted as saying by News18. It is worth mentioning that pacer Shardul did not play in the recently concluded ODI series against Bangladesh and does not feature in the squad of the forthcoming 50-over contest against Sri Lanka.
Four medium pacers are enough: Srikkanth
“If you want my medium pacers, they would be- (Jasprit) Bumrah, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh, and Mohammed Siraj. Four medium pacers are enough. (Mohammed) Shami would be a so-so. I’m speaking as a chairman of selectors and not a fan, I would instead bring in (Deepak) Hooda. And I believe these are the guys that will win matches, what do you want? You want to win matches, you need horses like Yusuf Pathan who will win you matches single handedly,” said the former Indian selector.
India will begin their Road for World Cup 2023 with three match ODI series against Sri Lanka starting from 10th January.
