Why has everyone forgotten about Mohammed Shami? Aakash Chopra questions pacer’s exclusion from Asia Cup squad

India introduced their Asia Cup squad on Monday, 7 August. The crew, led by Rohit Sharma, noticed the return of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, one thing that was on the anticipated traces forward of the T20 World Cup.

However, the most important shocker the squad had was the exclusion of Mohammed Shami, who was not included regardless of the accidents to Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel, who had been dominated out of the match.

Discussing the exclusion on Hotstar, Aakash Chopra mentioned that it was past him, why Shami had been excluded.

“Why everybody has forgotten about Mohammed Shami is beyond me. He has performed well, his IPL numbers are great. I think if it was a race between Avesh Khan and Mohammed Shami, I will go with Mohammed Shami with my eyes closed. Nothing against Avesh, but I feel that Shami should have been given a chance with the new ball in the absence of a Jasprit Bumrah,” mentioned Aakash Chopra.

“I have nothing against Ravi Bishnoi, but why not Kuldeep Yadav,” he additional added.

Former India batter Kris Srikanth, who accompanied Chopra within the present mirrored the identical sentiments and mentioned that India had gone a medium pacer brief for the match.

“I think we are a medium pacer short. I think in my team Shami would have been there. Also, I still believe that Axar Patel would have been a strong contender for a spot in the squad,” Kris Srikanth mentioned.

India Squad

Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Chahar, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan

Back-up: Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Axar Patel.

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