World Cup-winning former India skipper Kapil Dev says that the vexed question of a replacement opener in place of Shikhar Dhawan should be left to the national selectors. Shikhar Dhawan suffered a thumb fracture while batting against Australia in the World Cup 2019 league match at the Kennington Oval on Sunday and will be out of action for three weeks.
“Leave it to the selectors to decide on opening slot,” Kapil Dev told NDTV in an exclusive interview.
“We should respect the team management and the captain and I have faith in the team management,” he added.
Asked about the prospects of teams and who would make it to the semi-finals, the 1983 World Cup-winning captain was noncommittal.
“(It is) difficult to predict the semi-finalists,” he said. “I would like to say good luck to the Indian team.”
