The star Indian leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal who missed the recently concluded ODI World Cup and also several prominent series has finally got a call from the selectors for the South Africa tour.
Surprisingly, Chahal has not been in the T20I team and has been added to the ODI side. With this, he now has a chance to prove himself for the upcoming T20I World Cup happening in the USA and West Indies.
Meanwhile, the former Indian batter Sanjay Manjrekar has fired on the BCCI selectors and said that he expected Yuzvendra Chahal to be on the T20I side and he is a bit surprised to see him in the ODI setup for the three-match ODI series against South Africa.
“I like it. Again this is workload management, but I am excited with the fact that Deepak Chahar is back because I like him as a cricketer. Avesh Khan gets another opportunity. I believe Mukesh Kumar is a sturdy and dependable bowler, he has come. Chahal is a surprise inclusion. I thought Chahal was more your bowler for T20 cricket but there they have got somebody like a (Ravi) Bishnoi,” Manjrekar said on Star Sports.
Sanjay Manjrekar further said that he is delighted to see the name of Rajat Patidar in the Indian ODI Squad. Patidar has been exceptional in domestic cricket and he has shown remarkable innings in the IPL playing for RCB as well.
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“Rajat Patidar – really happy to see him fit and raring to go. A big promotion for Rinku Singh. He has now become a part of ODI cricket. I saw Sanju Samson playing ODIs against South Africa in India and I got slightly excited there as well, that he is a good option. I am always excited when I see India’s second-string or next-generation players. It seems like it is a very strong team but the problem is that South Africa is a formidable team in white-ball cricket and bilateral series. So it will be a stiff test but this team is very good,” he concluded.
