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Harshit Rana, left, with Ravindra Jadeja, centre, and KL Rahul. (PTI Photo)
NEW DELHI: Former India batter Kris Srikkanth has questioned India's squad equilibrium successful ODIs, calling retired the continued lack of Axar Patel astatine a clip erstwhile Ravindra Jadeja's signifier has dipped and the broadside is crying retired for a reliable sixth bowling option.
His remarks came aft India's seven-wicket nonaccomplishment to New Zealand successful Rajkot, wherever the visitors chased down 285 with easiness to level the bid 1-1.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!With Washington Sundar ruled out, Jadeja is presently India's lone spin-bowling all-rounder successful the XI. But Srikkanth felt the seasoned looked abbreviated of answers. “Jadeja is 1 of my favourite players. But helium does not look to cognize what to do. He looks caught betwixt attacking and giving the shot flight,” Srikkanth said connected his YouTube channel.
Jadeja returned wicketless figures of 0/44 from 8 overs, incapable to onslaught erstwhile India needed breakthroughs most.
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Srikkanth made a beardown lawsuit for Axar Patel's inclusion, questioning the rigid template astir all-rounders. “It is an unfastened concealed — wherefore not bring Axar back? Why can't you play 3 spinners and 3 pacers? Is determination a regularisation that the bowling all-rounder indispensable beryllium a mean pacer? It's intolerable to regenerate Hardik Pandya.
You can't. Axar would person been the perfect campaigner today. The sixth bowler was missing,” helium said.Highlighting Axar's big-tournament pedigree, Srikkanth added: “Axar has a terrific record. He did good successful the Champions Trophy and won america the T20 World Cup. Suddenly, helium is nowhere. Where is Axar Patel? The squad is suffering astatine the extremity of the day.” Axar's ODI numbers backmost the claim—75 wickets successful 66 innings astatine an system of 4.49, on with 859 runs.
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Should Axar Patel beryllium included successful the ODI squad against New Zealand?
Yes, helium brings equilibrium to the team.No, the existent players should beryllium fixed much chances.
Srikkanth besides termed India's bowling “very ordinary” beyond the new-ball spells, pointing to the deficiency of flexibility erstwhile Nitish Kumar Reddy bowled conscionable 2 overs. “There is nary enactment of a sixth bowler astatine all,” helium said, suggesting much tactical hazard could person been taken erstwhile Kuldeep Yadav struggled for rhythm.India skipper
Shubman Gill
, meanwhile, cited the nonaccomplishment to instrumentality wickets successful the mediate overs arsenic the decisive factor. Despite aboriginal strikes,
Daryl Mitchell
(131) and Will Young (87) forged a match-winning partnership. Gill admitted India could person been “a small spot braver” during that signifier and stressed the outgo of missed chances, arsenic KL Rahul's 112 went successful vain.
