Chahal’s one weakness overshadows him, Rohit loses faith, hard to come back now!

New Delhi. When the India squad for the Asia Cup was announced, one player who was most surprised when it was not named was Yuzvendra Chahal. Chahal failed to make it to the 17-man squad selected for the Asia Cup. In his place, Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel have got place in the team as spinners. Chahal’s non-selection has also divided the opinions of sports experts. Some have justified this decision while some are against it. However, after the team selection, captain Rohit Sharma explained the reason why Chahal was not selected in the team. He pointed out Chahal’s weakness, which did not give the leg-spinner a chance. Ultimately, it was a weakness that forced this match winner out of the team. Let’s understand.

After announcing the Asia Cup squad, Rohit Sharma said in a press conference about not selecting Chahal that the team needs a bowler at number 8 and 9 who can also bat when given an opportunity. Due to this, Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel were selected in the team and Chahal missed out. That is, Chahal failed to make a place in the Asia Cup team due to poor batting. Although Chahal is a specialist bowler and bowling should be the first criterion for his selection in the team, the way cricket has changed in the last few years. Keeping this in mind, the team is expected to bat from the bowlers as well and a team which has bowlers who score runs apart from taking wickets, has an upper hand over the opposition in limited overs.

Chahal’s worst batting record in ODIs
Now if we compare Yuzvendra Chahal’s batting with Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel, the leg-spinners look far behind. Chahal has batted in only 14 innings in 72 ODIs so far. In which he has scored only 77 runs at an average of 8.55. His best score is 18 runs. Chahal has scored a total of 49 runs in 7 innings at number 10. On the other hand, Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel’s batting record is superb.

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Kuldeep-Akshar’s record is better than Chahal’s
Akshar Patel has scored 413 runs in 32 innings of 52 ODIs at a strike rate of 102. He has scored two half-centuries in ODIs. Akshar has scored 232 runs batting at number 7 in 15 matches. It can be used towards the floater and batted even after coming up. Kuldeep’s batting record is also better than Chahal’s. He has scored 164 runs in 31 innings of 84 ODIs.

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