Former India captain and selector Kris Srikkanth made an epic comment calling his former teammate and current BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma to pick the correct Indian team squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022 during the broadcast of the first T20I between India and West Indies.
India still has 10 more T20I matches to play, besides the Asia Cup, to narrow in on their final 15 for the 2022 T20 World Cup. And with every passing game, the discussion about the Indian squad for the ICC event in Australia is getting more serious.
The same was discussed between Kris Srikkanth and Ravi Shastri during commentary on FanCode, in the first T20I between India and West Indies.
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India has been experimenting a lot with their combinations which were evident as Suryakumar Yadav opened with Rohit Sharma. Pressure has been on the Men in Blue, who had incurred a forgettable outing in the T20 World Cup 2021, in which they failed to make it into the semi-finals.
During the commentary, Srikkanth called on for Chetan Sharma to make the right call while selecting the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup 2022 and even told him to call him and Ravi Shastri for advice if needed.
“If they pick the right combination then Chetan Sharma, who has played a lot of cricket with us,...ee Chetu (Chetan) aab correct team select karna. Advice chaiye toh mereko phone kardo, Ravi (Shastri) ko call kardo, humdono aacha guidance denge aapko” (Hey Chetam, select the correct team this time. If you need any advice, call me, call Ravi. Both of us can give you good guidance),” he said.
The former India chief selector sided with the ongoing experimental process but believes that come Asia Cup, which will begin from later next month, India will have to pick their squad for the T20 World Cup.
"This trial and error methodology that they are doing is absolutely fine, what the selectors are doing is fine. But from the Asia Cup, they have to do it," he said.
(Fancode inputs)
