Former Indian middle-order batter Sanjay Manjrekar has batted for the inclusion of wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the Indian team for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to take place Down Under later this year.
The 27-year-old was not selected in the Indian team for the World T20 event last year but is back in the scheme of things after his sensational performances for Delhi Capitals in the recently concluded 2022 season of the Indian Premier League. He finished as the fifth highest wicket-taker of the season after snapping up 21 wickets in 14 matches.
“He will be tested on those pitches in Australia. The pitches won’t be the ones that Chahal relishes and that’s why I believe Kuldeep Yadav has got to be a part of the squad. There will be bounce for his kind of bowler” Manjrekar said.
The former right-handed batter, who featured in 37 Tests and 74 ODI matches, gave another reason for Kuldeep’s inclusion in the World Cup squad and said, “The other thing is in a World Cup you play a different team every game, so there will come teams who will not be so good against the kind of deception that a Kuldeep Yadav has.”
