The All India senior selection panel stunned everyone when the Ajit Agarkar led selection panel ignored the sly spinner Yuzvendra Chahal for the ODI WC 2023. Yuzvendra Chahal hasn’t been given a long rope in the ODI circuit yet he has shown encouraging signs in his career.
BCCI’s selection panel clearly mentioned that Axar Patel has been included in the squad to bolster the batting line up. But have BCCI made a mistake by not including Yuzvendra Chahal as we all know that India already has the services of Hardik Pandya & Ravindra Jadeja who are proven match winners. Let’s find out why Yuzvendra Chahal could have been a better option for the marquee ODI championship
(1) Foxy Yuzvendra Chahal
Yuzvendra Chahal is known to deceive the batters in the air and entices the batters by giving flight. Chahal was a wicket taking weapon for the former skipper Virat Kohli in 2019 ODI WC and the peculiarity of the leg spinner is that he bowls quite straight and hardly gives any room to the batters.
Yuzvendra Chahal knows how to play with the mind of the batters as he has a near perfect gameplan and sets the batter smartly which is priceless in the modern cricket. Chahal also has the knack of wrapping up his overs quickly which is quite critical & important in the format.
(2) The Kul-Cha Kuldeep & Chahal pair could have been devastating
We all have witnessed that how threatening the duo of Kuldeep Yadav & Yuzvendra Chahal can be on the given day as they hunt in a pack. Kuldeep Yadav has mentioned quite often that Chahal has played a key role in his comeback to the international arena.
Kuldeep Yadav & Yuzvendra Chahal can easily spurn a web across the batters as their deliveries & variations are quite hard to pick. We had seen how the spin twins demolished Australian & South African batting line up as the duo know how to exert the pressure on the opponent.
(3) Yuzvendra Chahal: The Go To Bowler For Captain
Not many bowlers are bowl multiple spells and Chahal is one of them. The leg spinner can be trusted in the death overs and has won quite a few matches for the team. It won’t be wrong to say that Virat Kohli used Chahal smartly as he made him bowl in 3-5 spells.
Chahal was often termed to be the bowler with the golden arm. Chahal may have expensive figures but he knew how to deceive the batters as he had a never to say die attitude. Chahal would be wondering what more he would need to do to make it to ODI squad as he still has age on his side and with so many ICC events aligned up, the spinner would be roaring to make a comeback.