the former India Wicketkeeper Saba Karim feels India should not pick Shikhar Dhawan in the upcoming ODI series against South Africa. Dhawan has been dropped from the Indian team since the Sri Lanka tour in June, where he led the second-line side. missed out on his spot in the southeast T20 World Despite performing well in the Cup IPL 2021. The All India Selection Committee has announced the Test team but has not yet selected the ODI team.
Karim said that KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma are going to open the innings for India and the inclusion of Dhawan will not make much difference.
“If Dhawan is also in the team, will he be a part of the playing XI? KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma have opened in Tests and T20s, so I think they will open in ODIs as well. So, if you are adding Dhawan to the team and not playing him, should he be in the team?
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“I don’t see the point of them joining, what’s the need? The only thing possible is a left-arm combination of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. It’s been a great partnership too,” he said on the Khelneeti podcast on YouTube.
The southpaw is going through a rough patch with low scores in the Vijay Hazare Trophy as well.
Karim feels that it will be difficult for Dhawan to make a comeback in the team as it all depends on the selectors and the team management to give him another chance.
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“It will be difficult for Shikhar Dhawan to come back in this team. I still feel he should be given another chance as he is a big player with experience. It has to be seen what the selectors and team management think. I don’t think Delhi will qualify for the knockouts, so Dhawan will have to prove it by scoring runs and he has only one more match to do.”
Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Venkatesh Iyer are expected to make it to the ODI squad against South Africa.
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