Legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has given his opinion on the Indian squad selection for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. Gavaskar believes that Sunrisers Hyderabad’s left-arm bowler Thangarasu Natarajan deserved a spot in India’s 15-player squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024.
Natarajan who was once a member of India’s T20 setup made a gap from international cricket due to injuries but the bowler is doing extremely well in the ongoing IPL season where he has claimed 13 wickets in seven matches.
Natarajan is exceptional at bowling accurate yorkers, particularly during the death overs of the matches. His ability to sustain high speed and achieve low economy rates, even in tough circumstances, makes him a valuable player who could greatly help the Indian team.
“I was thinking more like T Natarajan, the left-arm pacer bowler. He has been bowling extremely well. So, I thought maybe he could have been in the team. But that’s okay. I think the seam bowlers that they have got, they all have experience. So no problem with that,” Sunil Gavaskar said while speaking to India Today.
India is set to enter the T20 World Cup with four spinners – Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Kuldeep Yadav and just three specialist fast bowlers. However, India has two fast-bowling all-rounders in the name of Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya.
Gavaskar added, “Well, there is Hardik Pandya to bowl as well as the fourth seam bowler, so maybe that’s the reason they’ve (selectors) gone with four spin bowlers. The pitches in the West Indies… there’ll be a little more help for the spinners than for the quick bowlers.”As we have seen in the IPL, the slower the deliveries, the harder it is for the batters to hit and that’s perhaps the reason why they have gone with extra spinner.”
