All-rounder Hardik Pandya led Team India to a 2-1 victory in the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka. Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 112 off 51 balls to take Team India to 228/5 as the hosts registered a 91-run win over Sri Lanka in the third and final T20 match in Rajkot on Saturday. Later, the visitors were bundled out for 137 as India claimed a 91-run victory. After starting their calendar year with a T20I series win, the Hardik Pandya-led side has been receiving a lot of praise from fans and former cricketers. However, former India skipper Ajay Jadeja has an advice for the Indian side that they should include more all-rounders in their playing XI in limited overs formats.
Jadeja highlighted that former India skipper Mahendra Singh was a “champion” in selecting his playing XI as he has many options when it comes to all-rounders.
“If I have five bowlers and I’m playing, you know exactly, either I’ll bowl X, Y, or Z. So, you can plan as an opposition, but if I have seven- There are eight bowlers who can bowl in different phases. How does the opposition plan against you? So, you run the game. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the champion at it.” said Jadeja on Cricbuzz.
“The day will come when Ravindra [Jadeja] Didn’t bowl a single ball. say, if you put all four [Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja], you can play all four. what’s wrong with that? Because they all can bat very well.”
The former batsman further said, “It is just a wild idea. You can also add another all-rounder, bowling all-rounder, someone like Ashwin. The problem is that you still keep the top five-six batsmen.” Then add these guys as all-rounders and the bowling is a bit weak.”
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