Indian captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday defended the choosing of five spinners in the Champions Trophy team, saying that three of them are all -rounders who are very important in their team. Varun Chakraborty and Kuldeep Yadav are two specialist spinners while the spin department has other options Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel and Washington beautiful who are all very capable batsmen.
The team has three fast bowling options as Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana while Hardik Pandya is the only fast bowling all -rounder. When asked about the presence of more spinners in the team, Rohit said, “There are only two spinners, the rest are all -rounders.” They can do both batting and bowling. ”
He said, “The other teams have fast bowlers all -rounder, so they say that they have chosen six fast bowlers which is a good thing.”
Rohit said before India’s first match in the tournament against Bangladesh, “We play according to our strength. All three all -rounders Jadeja, Akshar, give a different dimension to the Washington team, they add a lot to the team. We wanted two skill players instead of one. ”
Dubai has been out of the last few days and India may face this season in the first match against Bangladesh on Thursday. In such a situation, the role of dew will become important.
Rohit said, “We have a resource to face it. We have a bowler to take advantage of it when the bowlers have a helpful situation and when batting, we know what to do. ”
Regarding including Chakraborty on the occasion, he said, “He does not put much variation on the net but puts the ball in the same way.” He does not want to tell how many arrows are there in his quiver. This is a good thing. He has special weapons that he will use in case of chance. ”
Regarding this tournament being held after eight years, Rohit said, “It is a very important tournament like all ICC competitions. We have to correct many things to win the trophy. ”
