Legendary Indian cricketer Kapil Dev believes that the Indian cricket team will have three different teams for each format in the coming years, and this is the only way to have a bigger pool of players.
India's first-ever World Cup winner’s comments were in reference to the BCCI's decision to shortlist a pool of 15 players for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
Meanwhile, the legendary all-rounder was surprised by Team India’s decision to drop Suryakumar Yadav for the ODIs after he scored a century in a T20I against Sri Lanka.
However, Suryakumar is yet to set the ODI stage on fire, but he still earned his maiden Test call-up for the Australia series at home.
Kapil Dev was quoted as saying by Gulf News: “I think we should leave it to the cricket board what they (selectors) plan. There are so many cricketers coming so everyone should get a chance to play. From what I can see from the outside is that they will have three teams - one each for T20Is, ODIs and Tests. That way, you can have a bigger pool.”
Although Suryakumar is yet to score a single half-century in his last 10 ODI innings with a best of 34 not out in November, Kapil was still left perplexed at him being left out ODIs against Sri Lanka.
He added, “Having said that, they should have one set of teams for a period of time. You can change an odd person I can understand that. But if your Man of the Match (Suryakumar Yadav) is getting dropped the next day and somebody else comes in, we as cricketers don't understand that.”
