Search begins for Hardik Pandya's replacement for T20 World Cup 2024, these 4 strong all-rounders in the queue
Now BCCI does not want to take any risk for ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The biggest challenge before the team management is the fitness of Hardik Pandya. According to a report, the Indian management will now look for an alternative to Hardik Pandya as an all-rounder.
After losing the dream of winning the ICC ODI World Cup 2023, the Indian team faces the challenge of the T20 World Cup 2024, which will be jointly hosted by America and West Indies from June 4 to 30. For this, the Indian team management will soon start making strategies. The biggest challenge before the team management is the fitness of Hardik Pandya. Due to an injury during the league match against Bangladesh in the ODI World Cup, Hardik had to be ruled out for the entire tournament. This also affected the performance of the Indian team. Hardik's fitness has always been under question. According to a report, the Indian management will now look for an alternative to Hardik Pandya as an all-rounder.
Hardik has been captaining the Indian team in T-20 for a long time. Even as an all-rounder, his role in the team is very important, but there is always a big question about his fitness. For this reason, in view of the upcoming T-20 World Cup, the team management does not want to depend only on Hardik as an all-rounder and wants to prepare such players who are adept at bowling and batting.
It is preparing to bet on youngsters like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Washington Sundar, and Rinku Singh as all-rounder players in T-20. Apart from batting hard, Rinku Singh also does spin bowling. He has 16 wickets to his name in all formats of domestic cricket. Whereas, Yashasvi Jaiswal has taken seven wickets and Tilak Verma has taken 19 wickets.
The BCCI and the team management are keeping their eyes the most on spinner Washington Sundar, who has the ability to perform well with bat and ball in the lower order. He also has a lot of experience at the international level.
Washington has 16 wickets in 18 ODIs, 06 in four Tests, and 31 wickets in 40 International T20s. Apart from this, he has taken more than 150 wickets in all formats in domestic matches. He also has the strength to bat lower down the order. He has three half-centuries to his name in Test and one half-century each in ODI and T-20.
