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\n <\/div>\nAjit Agarkar and Rohit Sharma in press conference\u00a9 AFP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n India’s T20 World Cup 2024 squad saw some bold decisions being taken by selectors as an out-of-form Hardik Pandya<\/a> earned the nod while players like Shubman Gill<\/a> and Rinku Singh<\/a> were snubbed. Though the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief selector Ajit Agarkar<\/a> revealed in a press conference that Hardik’s selection was down to a lack of alternatives, a report later revealed that the selection committee was under pressure to pick the Mumbai Indians all-rounder. BCCI secretary Jay Shah has now opened up on the T20 World Cup squad selection, saying players can’t be picked purely on the basis of IPL form.<\/p>\n In a chat with the Times of India<\/a>, Shah asserted the need to put overseas experience also into account as selectors pick squads for a tournament of the stature of the T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n “It has a good balance between form and experience. The selectors cannot choose on the basis of IPL performance alone, as overseas experience is also necessary,” he said.<\/p>\n A report in Dainik Jagran had claimed that neither Rohit nor the selection committee, led by former India pacer Ajit Agarkar, was in favour of selecting Hardik.<\/p>\n The report added that Hardik was picked in the team under ‘pressure’. The report did not mention whether it was a situational pressure (as he is India’s top fast bowling allrounder) or a pressure from some quarters. The report also attributed sources as saying that captain Rohit Sharma<\/a> , BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar, and some selectors were against Pandya’s selection in the T20 World Cup team, during the selection meeting in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n The Indian team, at present, doesn’t have a pace bowling all-rounder with similar skillset as Hardik. Shivam Dube<\/a> is the only alternative to Haridk, though his skills with the ball don’t come close to the Mumbai Indians star.<\/p>\n It would be interesting to see how Rohit, the India captain, picks his playing XI in the T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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