Chennai Super Kings (CSK) coach Stephen Fleming opened up on India's decision to bench young opener Yashasavi Jaiswal in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. He said that it is a tough call to leave out top players from the playing XI. Men in Blue have won all of their league matches to qualify for the Super 8 of the marquee event.
Jaiswal is missing the chance in the World Cup because Virat Kohli is opening with Rohit Sharma and the team is playing with four all-rounders.
Fleming on Yashasvi Jaiswal
Speaking exclusively to the 'ESPNCricinfo Timeout show', Fleming said that leaving out 'top quality' players is always difficult for a team. He also showered praise on the Men in Blue and said that they have spinners who can dominate in the West Indies.
"They had to make some hard calls while Jaiswal was a great player, that's leaving out top quality players is always difficult and having a plan and you stay to it when you've got great players sitting on the sidelines is always very difficult because it's tempting to keep looking where the grass is greener, but I like the job they've done, they've got through. This is a team that in some ways is picked for the finals in my view, it's a team that has spinners that can dominate, it has players that can dominate spin and we've seen spin in the West Indies play quite a big part, not so much in New York," Fleming was quoted by ESPNcricinfo as saying.
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Jaiswal made his T20I debut in the series against West Indies in 2023 after that he scored 502 runs after playing in 17 matches and 16 innings. He last featured for India in the Test series against England which took place after the ODI World Cup 2023.
After the last clash against Canada was abandoned due to a wet outfield, the Men in Blue will now face Afghanistan for their first match of the Super 8 on June 22.
Indian Squad
Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj.
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