Winning three out of three and facing a comparatively weaker opponent in Bangladesh, a lot of people thought that India would try and rotate its squad in Thursday’s ICC Men’s ODI World Cup encounter to prepare the entire squad for tougher battles ahead.
But the Indian team’s bowling coach Paras Mhambrey said the team management has no such plans and will go ahead with its policy of choosing the best side fit for the surface in Thursday’s match.
India has gone ahead with pacers Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and Shardul Thakur in the last match with Hardik Pandya as the pace-bowling all-rounder. In the spin department, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav have played all three matches while senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin got to play only the opening match against Australia.
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The result is that a bowler of the caliber of Mohammed Shami has not got a chance so far. Mhambrey said it has been a difficult decision to leave out bowlers like Shami and Ashwin, but they will stick to the policy of picking what they think is the best possible side for that surface.
“Yeah, I think it’s important to maintain this start really. So as of now, there is no discussion of kind of rotation from our point of view. I think it is important to carry this momentum for the next game as well. No thought as such,” Mhambrey said in the pre-match press conference ahead of India’s clash with Bangladesh at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune on Wednesday. He said it is never an easy decision to make to leave out bowlers like Shami and Ashwin.
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