Selectors made some daring choices for India’s T20 World Cup 2024 roster, choosing to include an out-of-form Hardik Pandya above youngsters like Shubman Gill and Rinku Singh. A revelation then surfaced, revealing that the selection committee was under pressure to choose the Mumbai Indians all-rounder, even though BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar had stated in a press conference that Hardik’s selection was due to a lack of alternatives. Jay Shah, the secretary of the BCCI, has recently discussed the T20 World Cup team selection process, stating that players cannot be chosen only based on their IPL performance.
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Shah said in an interview with the Times of India that when selecting teams for a competition the size of the T20 World Cup, selectors must also take international expertise into consideration. It strikes a good mix between form and functionality. The selectors must consider abroad experience in addition to IPL success when making their decisions, he stated.
According to a story in Dainik Jagran, neither Rohit nor the selection committee—which was chaired by former Indian bowler Ajit Agarkar—were in favor of choosing Hardik. According to the article, Hardik was chosen for the team under “pressure.” The article did not clarify if the pressure came from specific sources or from the circumstances (he is India’s best fast bowling all-rounder).
According to sources cited in the paper, during the Ahmedabad selection meeting, skipper Rohit Sharma, BCCI head selector Ajit Agarkar, and a few other selectors were against Pandya’s inclusion for the T20 World Cup team.
There isn’t a pace bowling all-rounder with Hardik’s skill set in the Indian squad right now. The closest option to Hardik is Shivam Dube, although even he isn’t quite as skilled with the ball as the Mumbai Indians great. Seeing how India’s skipper, Rohit Sharma, chooses his starting eleven for the T20 World Cup will be interesting.
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