Indian legend Virender Sehwag named a few youngsters who can be groomed for the T20 World Cup in Australia next year. The former opener said that certain senior players can be rested for the home T20I series that will follow the ongoing World Cup tournament in the UAE.
Talking on his show Virugiri on Facebook, Sehwag named three players from the Indian squad for the 2021 T20 World Cup and one from the standby list as players who can be groomed for the tournament in Australia.
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“Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul and perhaps in the next world cup Ruturaj Gaikwad could be there and also Shreyas Iyer as well. These players can be groomed and given opportunities because they are the future. So, the rest of the senior players can be given a break so that these players can play in the T20 series being played at home and gain some experience and prepare themselves for the next World Cup,” Sehwag said.
Indian are scheduled to play three T20Is against New Zealand at home starting November 17 in Jaipur. As per reports, some players, who have been in a bio-bubble for long, will be rested for the series.
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Pacer Jasprit Bumrah had recently spoken about the need of a break.
“Sometimes you need a break. You miss your family sometimes. You’ve been on the road for six months. So all of that sometimes play on the back of your mind. But when you’re on the field, you don’t think of all those things. You don’t control a lot of things, how the scheduling goes on or what tournament is played when.
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“So obviously staying in a bubble and staying away from your family for such a long period of time does play a role on the player’s mind as well. But they also tried their best to make us feel comfortable. But this is the time which we’re living in right now. It’s a difficult time. There’s a pandemic going on. So we try to adapt. But sometimes bubble fatigue, mental fatigue also creeps in, that you’re doing the same thing again and again and again. So it is the way it is, and you can’t control a lot of it here,” he had said after India’s loss to New Zealand.
Virat Kohli and company, after securing a win over Scotland, are placed third on the Group 1 points table.