Former cricketer Ajay Jadeja has now joined the discussion and he recently made a bold prediction regarding India’s probable squad for the World Cup. Jadeja feels that wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik cannot be kept in the squad for World Cup.
Jadeja, ahead of the fifth T20I between India and the West Indies, opined that he would not select Karthik for the T20 World Cup squad. Jadeja feels that the wicketkeeper-batter can have a seat next to him in the commentary box.
“Now if you want to play the way I have heard them…aggressive then you have to pick differently. If Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma walks in, you need Dinesh Karthik at all cost. He is your insurance. But if you don’t have either of them then Dinesh Karthik has no work here. But yes I would not put Karthik there, he can have a seat beside me. He is very good as a commentator. But there, in the team, I would not pick him,” Jadeja said during a discussion on FanCode.
Karthik, however, has been picked in India’s squad for the upcoming Asia Cup 2022 later this month with the selectors indicating that he remains in their plans for the T20 World Cup 2022. While he snubbed Karthik, Jadeja wants fast bowler Mohammed Shami to be in India’s squad for the World Cup despite him not being in the scheme of things in T20Is.
“I have added Shami to the team. So for me, I select bowlers first. So Shami is a certainty. Bumrah, Arshdeep and Chahal. These are the four certainties. In batting, four are certainties for me – Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, and Deepak Hooda. For this bowling attack, you have powerplay, middle overs and death overs sorted,” said Jadeja.