ICC World Cup 2019: Irfan Pathan picks his 15-man India squad
The 34-year-old cricket expert's 15-man picks seem to be apt for the English conditions.
It is definitely one of the most exciting Mondays for Indian cricket fans. The MSK Prasad-led selection committee will be announcing the 15-man squad for World Cup in England. The fans would want the players whom they support to be in the squad. But, there are a lot of options for the selectors and a couple of questions left the fans to stand divided. With the experts and former cricketers making their picks, one among them was former left-arm pacer and cricket expert, Irfan Pathan.
Irfan is very active on social media with his opinions. He is also the commentator for the ongoing Indian Premier League. On the D-day for the selection team, Irfan revealed his most awaited picks of the 15-man World Cup squad on his twitter handle. He makes a few surprising picks in the likes of Vijay Shankar at no. 4, which is one of the most talking points on social media. Also, the 34-year-old cricket expert chose KL Rahul, Ambati Rayudu and Ravindra Jadeja. Irfan’s picks seemed to be very simple and pretty apt for the English conditions.
Since, the final slump in Champions Trophy against Pakistan, the biggest question has been who will make no. 4 spot for India’s World Cup team? There have been a lot of speculations around this and newly erupting questions do the Indian team require left-arm pacer? Which can roll back the clock to the days when Irfan Pathan played. Also, due to controversial issues around the players like Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul, new probable no. 4 came to limelight. That is Vijay Shankar. After an outstanding domestic season with Tamil Nadu, Vijay on a surprise note travelled to Australia early this year. His debuted against Australia at Melbourne and so far played nine one-dayers.
Meanwhile, there are options for no. 4 in the likes of Ambati Rayudu and KL Rahul. The right-handed batter has been impressive overseas and also KL Rahul has been good at his place. So, fans have to be finger crossed till the commencement of the World Cup in England.
Irfan Pathan’s 15-man squad for World Cup: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, KL Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja.
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