Nitish Kumar Reddy may make his Check debut within the series-opener towards Australia.© AFP
Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has questioned the absence of all-rounder Hardik Pandya and Shardul from the Check crew for the five-match collection towards Australia. Harbhajan’s remarks got here amid experiences of younger all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy making his Check debut within the series-opener towards Australia in Perth. Throughout a pre-match press convention on Wednesday, India bowling coach Morne Morkel lavished large reward on Nitish, who made his India debut final month throughout the T20I collection towards Bangladesh.
With simply 23 first-class video games below his belt, Nitish’s inclusion within the BGT collection turned out to be a shock for a lot of. Nonetheless, he has impressed the selectors and assist employees, together with Morkel, throughout the intra-squad observe match.
Harbhajan, nonetheless, questioned BCCI’s choice committee over the absence of seniors Hardik and Shardul from the Check squad.
“You wanted an all-rounder like Hardik Pandya. However you do not have an choice however to play Nitish Kumar Reddy. The place is Shardul Thakur gone? The place is Hardik Pandya gone? We simply confined them to shorter codecs. You wanted a participant like Hardik. We began investing in Shardul for the final 2-3 years, however the place is he now? All of the sudden on a tour like this you might be asking Nitish to bowl,” Harbhajan mentioned on Jatin Sapru’s YouTube channel.
Whereas Hardik final performed a Check in 2018, Shardul was a part of the Indian crew throughout its earlier journey to Australia. He was in competition for a spot within the crew this time as properly, however the selectors determined to go along with the less-experienced Nitish.
Amid experiences of Nitish making a debut in Perth, Harbhajan desires the teenager to play a job just like former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who would help the bowlers together with his medium tempo bowling.
“What he can do is simply bowl just a few overs right here and there like Sourav Ganguly did, and if he will get 1-2 wickets, then that might be a bonus,” he added.
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