New Delhi, Jan 13: Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra said on Saturday that middle-order batter Rinku Singh could be the only left-hander in India’s ICC T20 World Cup squad following the return of star batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to the T20I set-up.
Team India is currently playing Afghanistan in a three-match T20I series and is 1-0 up in the series. Virat and Rohit have returned to the T20I set-up after more than an year, following a crushing loss to England by 10 wickets in the semi-finals of ICC T20 World Cup 2022. On his Youtube Channel, Aakash said, “I feel left-handers would not be there in the World Cup at all. When you select your top six batters, you will get at the most one left-hander. Only one, I am not kidding.””If Rohit and Virat open, and Suryakumar Yadav comes at number three, you do not have a keeper in the top three. If Jitesh (Sharma) is the keeper down the order, he is a right-hander. If Hardik Pandya comes at number, he is a right-hander. Only one left-hander will come in the middle.At this point in time, it seems like that left-hander will be Rinku,” he said. (IANS)
