Is the BCCI adamant on only winning a World Cup with star Indian players? The South African team has the most destructive squad has the oldest player David Miller, who is 34 years old, while in the Australian team, which is a World Cup contender, the most senior player is David Warner, aged 37.
The age of all other players is less than 32. Even in South Africa, except for Quinton de Kock, all other players have relatively young careers, and they are quite young and known for their skills in the T20 cricket format.
On the other hand, the current World T20 champions, England, have only one player above 34 years, Moen Ali, aged 36. Now let’s talk about the Indian team, where opportunities are being given to senior players. Rohit Sharma is 37 years old, and Virat Kohli is 35 years old.
While opportunities are also being given to young players, it seems like the BCCI wants the Indian team to win the World Cup under Rohit Sharma’s leadership and with Virat Kohli playing for that team.
Because it could have been possible that we saw Rinku Singh named in the squad; India has better talent in this regard. There is no doubt about it. But here, the game is about who is favourite, star image, not pedigree and hard earned talent.
It seems like only those in the Indian team get a chance who become stars according to commentators and media. It feels good to hear the news that Shivam Dube has found a place in the team. But if Ravindra Jadeja plays the role of a finisher for the Indian team, it will also be a very surprising decision.
Yes, it is true that he could be helpful on the Caribbean pitches, but once again, it will have to be seen who are india’s competitors. Their competition is with those teams who, looking at their team, seem to play cricket openly and aggressively, and their mindset is to make 200-220-230 runs in every match.
Looking at the Indian team’s batting, it doesn’t give confidence that they can consistently score 220-230 runs in this tournament. And if we look at the bowling too, there are players like Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, and Jasprit Bumrah, who are the main bowlers for India.
Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Siraj didn’t have a special IPL 2024. Siraj has conceded a lot of runs and struggled to take wickets. Talking about Arshdeep Singh, this time he couldn’t do good bowling under pressure.
In such a situation, could the Indian team have chosen a better squad for T20 World Cup? From the batting perspective, absolutely yes. Rinku Singh has shown his strength and consistency whenever he has got a chance to play for India. There is no doubt about it.
Against South Africa, he showed good batting recently. When the match between India and Afghanistan was played, India had almost lost the match. Four or five wickets had fallen. How splendid partnership did he have with Rohit Sharma?
But he’s not a star player. He doesn’t have PR management, perhaps that’s why he didn’t get a chance.
