Mumbai: Legendary Sunil Gavaskar believes that if India makes Hardik Pandya the fifth bowling option in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022, then Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant. Can feed both in the playing XI. The Rohit Sharma-led side will start their campaign against Pakistan on Sunday. Team India has Pant and Karthik options as wicket-keeper batsman.
With the Indian team management contemplating on the team composition ahead of the match against Pakistan, the 73-year-old former batsman Gavaskar believes that both of them can find a place in the playing XI. “If they decide to go with six bowlers and Hardik Pandya is the sixth bowler, then Pant might not find a place in the team,” Gavaskar told Star Sports show ‘Cricket Live’.
read also
“But if they decide to field Hadik Pandya as the fifth bowler, then Rishabh Pant will have a chance to bat at No.6 and Karthik can come at No.7 after which four bowlers will come. It can happen, but for that we will have to wait.”
Gavaskar said, “They would definitely like to have a left-handed batsman in the team who is in such good form. Sometimes you may ask yourself, how many overs will Rishabh Pant get to play?”
“Will he get to play three or four overs? Three or four overs, is Karthik or Rishabh the batsman? These are all circumstances they have to look into and decide.” Gavaskar made a reference to Pakistan’s star fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, saying that seeing him in the practice match against England, he has achieved full fitness.(Agency)