Shikhar Dhawan has scored persistently within the Indian Premier League, nevertheless his model of grafting the innings has not discovered takers within the Indian staff.
Shikhar Dhawan performs a shot within the IPL. (Courtesy: BCCI/PTI)
HIGHLIGHTSShikhar Dhawan scored 460 runs within the IPLIndian children Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan are subsequent in lineKL Rahul and Rohit Sharma opened for India in T20 World Cup
Former India batsman Sunil Gavaskar believes that curtains have been drawn on Shikhar Dhawan’s T20I ambitions. With simply 4 months to go for ICC’s premier occasion in Australia, Gavaskar believes that if the left-hander was within the scheme of issues for the Rahul Dravid aspect, he would have been referred to as up within the Indian staff.
“No. I don’t see his name popping up. If it had to pop up, it would have been in this squad. A lot of guys have gone to England and he could have been in this squad. If he is not in this squad, I don’t see him ending in the mix (for T20 World Cup),” Sunil Gavaskar mentioned on Star Sports.
Shikhar Dhawan’s model of grafting clashes with the highest three Indian batsmen, who all prefer to play the function of anchors within the staff. Dhawan, regardless of raking up above 450 runs in each single version of the Indian Premier League for the final seven years, has seen his shares diminish with the nationwide staff.
India performed the highest three of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli within the final T20 World Cup. However, their cautious model of batting was criticised in Indian’s horrible outing on the earth occasion. However, Gavaskar mentioned that India will nonetheless look to go together with the identical mixture and hope for higher outcomes.
“My opening combination would have KL Rahul if he’s fit and Rohit Sharma alongside him,” he mentioned.
India have given a protracted rope to Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad in current occasions, and it’s anticipated that these two will take excessive order as soon as the baton will get handed from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
India will likely be enjoying two T20Is towards Ireland and 5 T20Is towards England within the hopes of settling down on the mix for World Cup.
