Former captain Sourav Ganguly has joined the bandwagon of stars to back senior stars Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to get selected in India’s squad for the T20I World Cup in June.
It has been reported that the two batting stalwarts have made themselves available for the shortest format. The selectors have to take a big call now regarding their T20I future as the BCCI is expected to announce India’s squad for Afghanistan T20Is on Sunday.
India’s semifinal defeat to England in the T20I World Cup on November 10 was the duo’s last appearance in the shortest format.
“Of course Rohit should captain the team in the T20I World Cup. Virat Kohli also should be there. Virat Kohli is an outstanding player, nothing will happen (even if they are coming back to T20 fold after a long gap),” Ganguly added.
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According to a report in PTI, chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar had flown into South Africa during the second Test to talk to Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, and both have made themselves available. But there are too many external factors, and eventually, the BCCI’s all-powerful secretary Jay Shah might be required to take a decision.
Ganguly is impressed with Yashasvi Jaiswal’s outing in the two-Test series in South Africa and said the young opener will get enough opportunities in future.
The 22-year-old left-handed batter managed only 50 runs in four innings on the challenging South African tracks of Centurion and Cape Town as the series ended in a 1-1 draw.
“He has played well in the second Test, it’s just the start of his career. He will get enough opportunities,” Ganguly said during a promotional event here.
After their innings and 32-run defeat at Centurion, India made a strong comeback to defeat South Africa by seven wickets at Cape Town in what was the shortest-ever Test.
“People say a lot of things after losing one match, India are a strong side. But look at the way they have played. They won the ODI series, drew both the Test and T20I series.”
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