Key Highlights
- Indian batting coach Sitanshu Kotak discussed the inclusion of Delhi youngster Ayush Badoni in the squad ahead of the second ODI against New Zealand.
- He stated that Badoni has performed exceptionally well for India A in the opportunities he has been given as well as in the Indian Premier League (IPL), making him a good candidate to replace all-rounder Washington Sundar with his useful right-arm off-breaks, thereby acting as a like-for-like replacement for the Tamil Nadu star."He has been playing, he has been performing, he has played some India A one-day matches and he has performed.
- Of course, it is the selectors who pick the team, but for any common man, when Washington is out, you cannot normally go with only five bowlers.
- For example, in the last game, if we had only five bowlers and Washington got injured in the fourth or fifth over, then who would have bowled those overs?
- So every team would like to have a sixth bowling option.
