Former captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday stated Republic of India have a batch of choices for the Incorrect 4 place of their ODI facet, and stressed out that one place rejected is not going to win notable tournaments just like the Global Cup. Ganguly stated the workforce control will have to 0 in on one participant and provides him a protracted rope on the Incorrect 4 slot. “Republic of India has monumental ability. I store listening to about this…we don’t have this or that however we have now excess and that’s the defect that we can not come to a decision.
“The No 4…Rahul (Dravid), selectors and Rohit (Sharma) need to decide that ‘this is my No 4 and I will continue with him’. One batting slot does not make much of a difference,” Ganguly told the media in Mumbai while being appointed as the brand ambassador of the real estate company Casagrand.
Downplaying the debate over the No 4 position, Ganguly said any player can be fitted there.
“Number four is just a number and anybody can fit in. I started in the middle-order in one-day cricket and went on to open because I was asked to by Sachin (Tendulkar) as captain. It is the same with Sachin.
He batted at six and his captain asked him to open and he became a world-class player. Anybody can play at No 4. There’s Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul,” said Ganguly.
Promising left-hander Tilak Varma, who impressed all during the T20I series against West Indies recently, on Monday was included in India’s squad for the Asia Cup 2023.
It was his maiden entry into India’s ODI set-up. Ganguly hoped that the young batsman will make the opportunity count with big runs.
“He is good but I think when you play big tournaments, you need a bit more runs under the belt,” he said.
Ganguly opined that wrist spinners will be crucial for India in the coming tournaments.
“We have a very good bowling attack… (Jasprit) Bumrah, (Mohammed) Siraj, (Mohammed) Shami, (Ravindra) Jadeja will play the all-rounder’s role and then you have the wrist spinners.
“I will be able to at all times pick out (Yuzvendra) Chahal, I will be able to at all times pick out wrist spinners. I have no idea what the selectors assume however I will be able to at all times pick out wrist spinners,” he stated.
Alternatively, Chahal used to be now not picked in Republic of India’s Asia Cup squad however left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav discovered a playground within the Sri Lanka-bound unit.
Ganguly sponsored Republic of India to return excellent within the Asia Cup and within the next Global Cup.
“It’s a solid team, I keep saying that, (but) I keep hearing ‘yaar solid solid bolte ho, World Cup jeet ta hi nahi hai’, aise thodi World Cup har samay jeetega yaar. (you say it is a solid team but does not win the World Cup. You cannot win the World Cup every time),” he stated.
Ganguly stated Republic of India will input the semifinals of the Global Cup and instructed everybody to present the facet just a little of year to seek out the mojo.
“I am sure they will at least get to the semifinals (of WC). They entered the Test championship final, which itself is an achievement. Once they get there, they’ll cross the bridge.
So, I have a lot of time for this team, a lot of faith in this team and hopefully from the Asia Cup we will see a side which will go all the way (against) Australia and then the World Cup,” he added.
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