Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar had lately claimed that Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) star Rinku Singh‘s choice within the squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup must be a no brainer for the selectors. With the southpaw not getting alternatives to bat, Manjrekar hoped that the selectors will not neglect Rinku and choose him within the 15-man probables. Contradictory to his claims, Manjrekar has now dropped Rinku from his personal T20 World Cup squad. The 58-year-old had made one other surprising name to depart Virat Kohli out his 15-man T20 World Cup squad.
“As a result of he is not getting many alternatives, I hope selectors will not neglect about Rinku Singh. He is a straight walk-in into the Indian crew. Each time he has obtained the chance, you have seen how good he will be, within the sense of his consistency and the vary that he has. He is any person who I like, aside from the core of the Indian crew, aside from the massive names we’re serious about,” Manjrekar had informed Firstpost.
Rinku made his India debut in a T20I in opposition to Eire in 2023. To date, he has scored 356 runs in 15 T20Is with a strike price of 176.23. The left-handed batsman has been a revelation for Group India, so far as his ending is anxious.
Even within the ongoing season of IPL, Rinku has managed to offer KKR an additional push together with his batting in dying overs regardless of not going through many deliveries.
So far as Manjrekar’s T20 World Cup crew is anxious, he picked 4 frontline batters in Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav.
Within the wicketkeeping division, he selected Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson.
Amongst all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Krunal Pandya have been the one picks in Manjrekar’s 15, with there being no place for pace-bowling all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube.
Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal have been the 2 picks from the angle of pure spinners whereas Jasprit Bumrah, Avesh Khan and Mohammed Siraj made the minimize as marquee pacers.
Uncapped pacer Mayank Yadav and Harshit Rana additionally made the minimize in Manjrekar’s 15.
Sanjay Manjrekar’s squad for T20 WC 2024: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Avesh Khan, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav, Krunal Pandya
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