R Ashwin: The Indian team is playing the final match of the World Test Championship against Australia at the Oval in London. In this match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma took a big decision and selected only one spinner in the playing XI of the team in the form of Ravindra Jadeja. He preferred four fast bowlers in the team. On this, former veteran Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar appeared angry with Indian captain Rohit Sharma.
Questions are constantly being raised on Rohit Sharma and the team management as to why Ashwin was kept away from the playing XI and kept on the bench. Ashwin is the number one bowler in the current Test rankings. Meanwhile, Sunil Gavaskar said during the commentary, “There are five left-handed batsmen in Australia. This includes David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Mitchell Starc and Alex Carey. Even after this there is no off-spinner in your team. Why so? This decision is incomprehensible. Commenting together, Harbhajan Singh supported veteran Gavaskar.
Sourav Ganguly also expressed his opinion
Former BCCI President Sourav Ganguly presented his opinion on this. Ganguly said, “He has had success with four bowlers in the last few years. He has won test matches. Every captain is different. Rohit and I think differently. If you ask me, it will be difficult for me to keep a quality bowler like Ashwin out.
Dada further said, “If you have bowlers like Harbhajan Singh, Ashwin and Anil Kumble in the team, no matter what the condition, they must be played.” Former Australian veteran Ricky Ponting also expressed his opinion on not playing Ashwin, saying, “As the game progresses, I think the attitude of the pitch will change. Ashwin could trouble lefty batsmen, but he is not in the team.
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