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R Ashwin has sympathised with Ajit Agarkar, the chairman of BCCI’s choice committee.© AFP
Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has sympathised with Ajit Agarkar, the chairman of BCCI’s choice committee whereas sharing his views on the struggle for locations within the group. Ever since India’s Champions Trophy squad was introduced by captain Rohit Sharma and Agarkar, the exclusion of stars like Sanju Samson, Karun Nair and Ruturaj Gaikwad has turn out to be a subject of debate. Agarkar, typically, has come beneath the scanner for ignoring gamers who’re scoring persistently within the home circuit.
Whereas highlighting India’s pool of extremely proficient batters, Ashwin defined how tough it’s to be the chairman of selectors, and added that he would not wish to be in Agarkar’s footwear.
“Yashasvi Jaiswal should also come back in T20Is. He was in the World Cup squad and he has to be the preferred opener. I mean, I don’t want to be the chairman of selectors or team manager or be in this decision-making position. In the upcoming IPL season, if both Gill and Ruturaj score runs, its going to be a problem of plenty (for the selectors). As fans of the Indian cricket team, we are blessed to have a pool of such talented players,” Ashwin mentioned on his YouTube channel.
Ashwin, nevertheless, defined that gamers who’re able to performing in crunch conditions ought to be given choice throughout choice conferences for large tournaments, going ahead.
“But, going forward, we must ensure that whatever the performances are, we will have to focus on pressure parameters for big tournament. We will have to give some weightage to players who do well under pressure. Because, in modern cricket, there are plenty of talented players who time the ball very well. Right now, we don’t have a parameter for that but we will have to built a matrix for that going forward,” he added.
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