Gautam gambhir reaction on varun Chakaravarthy
, Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir has reacted surprisingly include mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty in place of young Yashasvi Jaiswal in India’s 15-Khiladi team for the next week’s Champions Trophy.
There were already speculations about Varun Chakraborty that he would be included in the Champions Trophy team. But when the Indian contingent was announced in Mumbai under the leadership of Rohit, there was no name of Chakravarti in it. However, when Mangalawar announced the replacement of Jaspreet Bumrah, Chakravarti got a place in the team.
It was believed that Chakravarti could join the team instead of any other spinner, but the board surprised everyone and included the mystery spinner in place of Jaiswal. Chakraborty, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar are the fifth spinner in a team filled with star players of India.
In a press conference held after the third and last match of the ODI series between India and England in Ahmedabad, Gautam Gambhir said that Chakravarti’s emergence as an alternative to Chakraborty in the middle overs to include another spinner in the team. The reason was.
Gautam Gambhir said, “Look, the only reason was that we wanted the option to take another wicket in the middle. We know what Varun bring on the table and know that Varun can be a big threat to many teams who have not played them. He can also be an ex-factor. “
Gambhir explained the advantage of being an option to take wickets when Chakraborty was late, but did not guarantee space for the mystery spinner in the playing XI. Gautam Gambhir said, “I am not saying that he is going to start and everything else, but a strong bowling line-up is always good because we know if he really takes wickets in the middle Could, it would always be beneficial and it was a reason, otherwise we know that it is only a great future that we can choose only 15. “
Jaiswal made his ODI debut in the initial match of the series against England in Nagpur. But this left -handed batsman could not perform well and was dismissed for 15 runs in 22 balls. In the second ODI, Jaiswal was excluded from the playing XI for Virat Kohli.
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