T20 World Cup 2024: In the next few days, Team India will leave for the World Cup (T20 World Cup 2024). But since the announcement of the Indian team on Tuesday, many questions were running in the minds of pundits and former cricketers. Especially about Rinku Singh not being selected. About Shivam Dube, etc. etc. And now before the team leaves after a few days, captain Rohit Sharma and chief selector Ajit Agarkar answered all the questions in the pre-departure press conference. Let us know the opinion of the captain and the chief selector on important issues.
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This is why Rinku was not selected, Agarkar’s clarification
Obviously, the biggest discussion and the biggest question in the press conference was about Rinku Singh. On Rinku Singh not being included in the team, the chief selector said that he has done nothing wrong. Even Gill has not done anything wrong. There are many wrist spinners in the team, who provide more options to Rohit. A similar case is with Akshar Patel, who is a batting all-rounder. We felt that considering the conditions in the West Indies, the second spin option is better here. Of course, it was very difficult for us to take this decision, but at the end of the day we had to select the team.Â
Why did KL Rahul not get a place in the team
Chief selector Ajit Agarkar has given the exact reason behind KL Rahul not being selected in the team. He says that Rahul’s claim was in the top order. There were many big contenders here. In the lower order, Sanju Samson and Rishabh Pant are batting better than him. This is the reason why he has not been selected in the team for the upcoming tournament.
Let us tell you that for the T20 World Cup, the Indian selectors have chosen Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma as the opening batsmen. At the same time, Virat Kohli also provides the option of opening batsman. In such a situation, seeing the excellent form of these three players, it became very difficult for Rahul to be selected in the team.Â
His battle in the middle order was with in-form batsmen Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson. Here too he failed to beat them. Currently he is participating in IPL. Here he is a part of the Lucknow Super Giants team. His bat is doing well while opening the innings. But he has a problem with strike rate.Â
The captain supported the selection of Shivam Dubey
On Dubey’s selection, Rohit said that we selected him on the basis of his performance in IPL. Also, we kept in mind the matches he played for the Indian team. But there is no guarantee right now as to what the playing eleven will be. It will be based on practice and the opponent.Â
This is not new for me, Rohit said
As soon as the press conference started, the first question asked to Rohit was that earlier you were the captain, then you were not and now you are the captain again, to this Rohit said that I was the captain, then I was not and now I am the captain, so this is a part of life. Not everything goes according to you. This has been a very good experience for me. Earlier I was not the captain, so I played under different captains. This is not new for me. I always tried to do the same things that were necessary for me as a player. And I did the same during the last one month.
Indian captain’s opinion on the question of T20 break
On the question of a long break from T20 after the ODI World Cup held in India last year, Rohit said that when T20 cricket was going on, I did not play many matches. Test cricket is a format that you do not want to miss and give it priority. This is what we discussed with the players. The Indian captain said that Ajit joined the team later. He does not know what was discussed earlier. Whatever format is there, we give it priority. When the Fifty-Fifty World Cup was going on, we did not play many T20 matches.
