Salman Butt has questioned the management qualities of Hardik Pandya and defended present India captain Rohit Sharma for his efficiency on the T20 World Cup. Butt feels {that a} change in India captaincy is not essential presently.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 19, 2022 09:41 IST
Butt would not really feel {that a} change in captaincy is required for the time being (Courtesy: AP)
By India Today Web Desk: Salman Butt has mentioned that he is not satisfied with the management qualities of Hardik Pandya and defended India captain Rohit Sharma after his efficiency on the T20 World Cup.
India crashed out of the recently-concluded match within the semi-final phases with a crushing defeat to England. This had seen many query Sharma’s captaincy and a few of them felt {that a} change in captaincy was wanted within the shorter format of the sport.
Many recommended the identify of Pandya, who’s presently main the Indian T20I facet in the course of the tour of New Zealand. However, Butt is not totally satisfied by the management qualities of the all-rounder.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, as quoted by NDTV, the previous Pakistan skipper questioned who was seeing Pandya because the successor to Sharma and mentioned that the present India captain would not have been within the line of fireplace if he had scored some runs on the T20 World Cup.
Butt additionally mentioned that in Asia, folks begin to ask for giant adjustments only for the sake of giving an opinion.
“I don’t know who is seeing him as captain and who is watching such dreams. He has talent and has tasted success in the IPL. But even Rohit Sharma has been successful five to six times in the IPL. If he had scored well in a couple of matches (in the T20 World Cup 2022), people wouldn’t have been talking about making this change at the top,” mentioned Butt.
“In the Asian subcontinent, people start talking about such drastic and big changes rather soon. Not all of them, but quite a few, who probably don’t understand how these things work. Sometimes, just for the sake of giving an opinion, people say, ‘change the captain’,” he added.
Butt additional strengthened his declare by saying that just one captain ultimately received the World Cup and it doesn’t suggest that the remainder of the eleven skippers of different groups are dangerous.
“Only one captain has won the World Cup, the rest of the teams have lost. Will you change the captains of all 11 teams because they lost the World Cup?”, mentioned Butt.
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Nov 19, 2022
