‘Chahal would have done lot more damage … Ashwin didn’t finish T20 WC properly’: Dinesh Karthik

Though he was chosen forward of Ravi Bishnoi within the T20 world cup squad, Yuzvendra Chahal didn’t play a single recreation in Australia. It had raised questions then, however India most well-liked R Ashwin over him. Now, Dinesh Karthik, who had made his nationwide comeback for that event, has talked on the Chahal vs Ashwin debate.

“These are all calls that are taken by the captain and coach with the belief they had in a certain player. To be fair, Ashwin started the tournament well but probably didn’t end well. But Chahal would’ve definitely made a lot more damage, it could’ve been an interesting choice,” Karthik instructed Cricbuzz. “But hindsight is a very interesting thing to look at once the results come out.”

Before the event, it was fascinating to trace which legspinner India would choose to play in Australia. Would they like most different groups go for a quickish legspinner in Bishnoi? Or would they go for the skilled Chahal who’s significantly slower by the air than Bishnoi. In the top, they went for Chahal however they by no means used him.

India’s spin technique on the planet cup was extra about containment and Ashwin and Axar Patel match their invoice.

Ashwin took six wickets in 5 video games at a mean of 25.83 and an economic system price of 8.15. Three of these got here in India’s penultimate recreation of the event towards Zimbabwe. He had two useful outings with the bat – that last-over thriller towards Pakistan and a 6-ball 13 towards Bangladesh.

Karthik ended his spin evaluation thus: “All in all, if we look at the overall picture of the World Cup and Asia Cup, we expect a lot of better from Team India and that’s the right way to put it.” 

Karthik himself didn’t have a superb event: simply 14 runs from 4 innings earlier than he was dropped for the ultimate two video games.