Sunil Gavaskar feels that the 15-man squad India have picked for the 2024 T20 World Cup has a good mix of youth and experience. India, led by Rohit Sharma, are aiming to reclaim the T20 world title they last won in 2007.
The T20 showpiece gets underway from June 1 (June 2 in India) with co-host USA taking on neighbours Canada in the tournament opener while India will be playing their first match on June 5 against Ireland.
“This team has a good blend of experience and youth. There’s Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah alongside youngsters like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube,” Gavaskar was quoted as saying by Dainik Jagran.
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Gavaskar feels India have enough batters in the squad who are capable of excelling in all three formats of the game and thus dismissing concerns that their skillset is more suitable for ODIs than T20Is.
“The team has several batters who can play in all three formats. They have enough T20 experience. Indian batting line-up can play in all the formats,” the batting legend said.
The world cup will be played in the USA and the Caribbean islands. While the pitches in USA are still an unknown quantity, Gavaskar reckons India should play three spinners when playing in Caribbean pitches.
“Considering the pitches in West Indies, the attack has to be balanced. So three spinners and two fast bowlers while Hardik Pandya can be the back-up pacer. To me, this will keep the balance of the side,” he said.
Gavaskar feels that Caribbean pitches are no longer spicy as they used to be and spinners get plenty of assistance now.
“Caribbean pitches aren’t as hard as before and here spinners get a lot of purchase. These surfaces are generally good for batting and I am expecting good contests here. It will be fun watching world cup in Caribbean,” he said.
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