Ish Sodhi is yet to feature for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2019 | IANS

Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner Ish Sodhi isn't worried about the lack of game time in this IPL season so far. Sodhi has faith that he'll receive his opportunities later in the second half of the tournament when surfaces in India will have slowed down further and provide more assistance to spinners. 

"Regardless of what team you play for, you always want to be playing," he told CricketNext. "But it has been fantastic so far, really nice facilities to train. In the first three games, we didn’t play at our best but played good cricket in those tough games as well."

"To win the game the other night (against Royal Challengers Bangalore) was fantastic. Regardless of whether I am playing or not, I was to contribute to the team both on and off the field."

Sodhi, who was the only bowler to have an economy rate of less than a run-a-ball - 5.86 across six games with five wickets - in the last edition of the Indian Premier League, further said, "I have always been a traditional bowler in a way that I have believed on turning the ball as much as I can. You generally have to bowl a little bit slower to achieve that. But the best thing I can do now is to achieve the correct balance between spinning the ball and trying to bowl fast when needed."

Sodhi was just recently preferred over Todd Astle in New Zealand's squad for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 and the 26-year-old from Ludhiana, Punjab is absolutely delighted about it. 

"I am very, very excited to be part of that squad," he said. "Everyone dreams of representing their country in the World Cup. When I was 15-16 years old, I told myself that 2019 is a good World Cup for you to target."

"Fortunately I was named in the squad the other day. It’s great to have some support of not only the captain but the coaching staff as well. They have shown a lot of faith in me and hopefully, I can repay that faith," Sodhi concluded. 

(CricketNext inputs)