I might have chosen Shubman over me, says Shikhar Dhawan

Indian star opener Shikhar Dhawan stated if he was the selector of the Indian aspect, he would have picked Shubman Gill over himself as an opener in ODI’s and in addition stated he felt he might be out of the crew after Ishan Kishan slammed a double ton in opposition to Bangladesh.

Speaking to Aaj Tak Dhawan stated, “If I was the selector then definitely would have given the chance to Shubman. Would have selected Shubman over Shikhar.”

“I feel the way Shubman is (playing at the moment). Like he was playing two formats and performing well in Tests and T20s. He was playing more matches in the international circuit and I wasn’t.” he added.

Ishan Kishan scored a double ton in December as an opener in opposition to Bangladesh talking of it Dhawan stated, “When Ishan Kishan slammed a double century against Bangladesh, then for a moment I thought I could be out of the team.”

The southpaw additionally stated that he had the total backing of captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid and he was dropped after his kind hit a dip. “When Rohit took over the captaincy he, along with Rahul Dravid backed me enough. They told me they wanted me to focus on my cricket and that my vision should be the next World Cup,” he stated.

“2022 was excellent for me, I used to be constant in ODIs. But there may be this younger man who has been doing properly in two codecs, and when my kind dipped in a collection or two then they gave an opportunity to Shubman and he has lived as much as their expectations.

“This is not something new in cricket. Or this happened just with me, plenty others have met with same fate. There are times when you play well throughout the year and then your form drops for one month or two, sometimes that becomes bigger than your performance throughout the year. When a captain, coach and selector take a decision they put plenty of thoughts into it,” stated Dhawan.