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Former India selector MSK Prasad has credited the Indian team s recent success and bench strength to their strategy of shortlisting 60 to 80 players from domestic competitions and grooming them for the highest form of cricket."Through .
Then team now has other all-rounders in Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Jaddu is back, Shardul Thakur can also be an all-rounder, he has shown that. They all can do the job if Hardik can t bowl.
Talking about Shaw not being picked for the UK tour, Sarandeep said it is way too early to sideline a batsman like him. He has the potential to do what Sehwag did for India. You can t sideline him so early in his career. He has scored tons of runs in domestic cricket after being dropped post Australia tour. He has corrected his technical flaws also and look how he played in the IPL.
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Sarandeep said Hardik may not find room in ODIs, T20Is if he doesn t bowl
Hardik was not included in the 20-man Test squad for the tour of England
Former India selector Sarandeep Singh has backed the current committee s call to ignore Hardik Pandya from the Test squad and said the all-rounder doesn t fit into the playing XI even in the shorter formats if he can t bowl his quota of overs. After undergoing a back surgery in 2019, Hardik has not bowled regularly since his comeback and not being able to offer his all-round skills cost him a place in the Indian Test squad for the UK tour. Sarandeep, whose tenure ended with the historic tour of Australia earlier this year, was also surprised that a rare talent like Prithvi Shaw did not even make the standbys for the England tour.
Arzan Nagwaswalla (Photo courtesy - GCA s Twitter handle)
MUMBAI: Young Gujarat left-arm pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla, who has been picked up as a stand-by player in the Indian team for the World Test Championship final and away series against England, is the only active Parsi cricketer currently plying his trade in the domestic circuit and stands out for his pace.
Former Gujarat right-arm pacer and coach Hitesh Majumdar told PTI on Friday that Nagwaswalla can touch speed upto 140 kmph. He represents the Valsad District Cricket Association, which is affiliated to the Gujarat Cricket Association. He did well in Under-19, Under-23 and made his debut in the Ranji Trophy three years ago. He did very good as he touched around 140 (kmph). He had potential and then he improved by playing. Now, since the last two years he has taken 23 and 40 odd wickets in two seasons, an elated Majumdar said after the 23-year-old Surat-born speedster was drafted into the Indian team as a standby.