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Why Isn't Ravichandran Ashwin Playing In T20 World Cup? Asks Dilip Vengsarkar

Vengsarkar also took a dig at the Indian team stating he hasn't the Indian team as 바카라˜off coloured바카라™ as it was against New Zealand on Sunday in a long time.

Why Isn't Ravichandran Ashwin Playing In T20 World Cup? Asks Dilip Vengsarkar
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Former chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar said he has not seen the Indian team as 바카라˜off coloured바카라™ as it was against New Zealand in a long time and called for an investigation into Ravichandran Ashwin바카라™s repeated exclusion from the playing eleven in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021. (More Cricket News)

바카라œThe team looked off coloured and players looked jaded. I don't know if it is the bio bubble fatigue or something else, I have not seen such body language in the players in a long time,바카라 Vengsarkar told PTI on a day after India바카라™s eight-wicket loss to New Zealand.

바카라œIt was quite a lacklustre performance, be it in batting or bowling. This format demands you to be energetic from ball one,바카라 added the former India captain. In the first two games, India picked Varun Chakravarthy and Ravindra Jadeja as the two spinners, leaving out Ashwin who has made the white ball team after four years.

Vengsarkar can바카라™t fathom the logic behind picking Ashwin in the squad if he is not going to play. 바카라œWhy is Ashwin being so dropped for so long? It is a matter of investigation. Across formats, he is your best spinner with more than 600 international wickets. He is your senior-most spinner and you don't pick him.

바카라œI fail to understand. He didn바카라™t play a single game in the England Test series also. Why do you pick him then? It is a mystery to me.바카라 Hardik Pandya bowled for the first time in the tournament on Sunday but has not bowled regularly in a long time and is being picked more as a specialist batter.

바카라œWe are too top-three dependant. When they don't fire, the team is in trouble more often than not. I can't talk about Hardik's fitness sitting here. All I can say is that as an all-rounder if you are not able to contribute with bat and ball, you are going to be under pressure.바카라

About Rohit Sharma's demotion to number three to accommodate Ishan Kishan, Vengsarkar said it seemed like a one-off move since Suryukumar Yadav was injured. Most of the batters failed to clear the boundary in Dubai and that is another worry for Vengsarkar.

바카라œWe need to have bigger boundaries in the IPL, especially in India. Most of our batters were caught in the deep yesterday,바카라 the 65-year-old added.

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