Team India is now in a transition phase, with Rohit Sharma taking over the reins after Virat Kohli later stepped down from the captaincy role of the Indian cricket team. Rohit Sharma was supposed to lead the Men in Blue in ODIs in South Africa but a hamstring injury forced him to sit out. He is fit now and will be ready to lead the Indian team when they take on West Indies in a week.
With a new coach and captain, a lot is expected to change, with two major ICC events set to take place over the next two years. The pairing of Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid, all the way, begins to identify players who have the potential to form the core of both the teams. While the T20 World Cup is scheduled in Australia later this year, the 2023 ODI World will be held in India, so there will be pressure to lift it. Thankfully, over the years, India’s talent pool has grown manifold, so it will be a tricky scenario for the selectors when it comes time to narrow down the candidates for the team.
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The selectors will find it difficult to choose a fast bowling unit especially for the two major events. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami are certain, but who will be the third fast bowler remains a mystery. Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar and Mohammad Siraj are the contenders but one name that might find it difficult to make it to the list is Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Given the situation, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar is unsure of the road ahead for the 32-year-old fast. “I am not even sure what kind of future he (Bhubaneswar Kumar) has now. He is lost on the pace, in the beginning he had accuracy where he was getting the ball to move and take wickets and then towards the end over, the way he was coming and bowling, maybe he He’s left and it’s time for him to go back to basics and work harder,” Gavaskar said. game today,
The Indian cricket legend also feels that the time has come to give more chances to Deepak Chahar as he has the same qualities as Bhuvneshwar Kumar. “I think now is probably the time to look at Deepak Chahar. Young players, who are pretty much the same bowler, swing both ways and bat with ease down the order.
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“Bhuvi has been a tremendous servant of Indian cricket, but over the past year or so, even in T20 cricket for the franchise, he has been expensive. Maybe not so much in the beginning of the innings, but towards the end, where he used to bowl those brilliant yorkers and slow pace, they are no longer working. And it can happen, because the opposition is studying you all the time. So maybe it’s time to look at someone else,” said the former India batsman.
Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid’s first white-ball series together with West Indies begins a three-match ODI series at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. This will be followed by a three-match T20I series at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. From 16 February.
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