The veteran felt that different forms of cricket require different strategies and visions, which can work in favor of the Indian cricket team.
Speaking to India News, Karim said:
The former selector also discussed playing different sets of players for various formats and picking only a handful of them in red-ball and white-ball teams.
For those not in the know, reigning ODI and T20 World Cup champions England have different coaches for the white ball (Matthew Mott) and Test cricket (Brendan McCullum).
“KL Rahul is a big example” – Reetinder Singh Sodhi wants India to avoid picking players based on reputation
Former Indian cricketer Reetinder Singh Sodhi took the example of KL Rahul and Mohammed Shami’s repetitive failures in World Cup tournaments and wants the selection committee to stop picking players based on reputation.
He feels that youngsters should be groomed as backup options and only deserving players must be selected in future series, especially in the World Cup.
Speaking on the same show as Karim, Sodhi said:
He continued:
Meanwhile, the Hardik Pandya-led team will play their opener in Wellington on Friday (November 18). The action will then shift to Mount Maunganui (November 20) and Napier (November 22) for the last two T20Is.
India’s squad for New Zealand T20Is: Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (VC and WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik.
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