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Former England spinner Monty Panesar believes that Virat Kohli should select Ashwin and Jadeja for the upcoming T20 World Cup. As the T20 World Cup is going to take place in India, spinners are anticipated to play an important role. For the last few years, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav have been India's go-to spinners in the white-ball format. However, the duo has delivered below-par performances in the recent past. Yuzvendra Chahal managed to pick up only nine wickets in his past ten games, whereas Kuldeep has featured in just four games in the game's shortest format for the past two years.
Looking at the performance of both the Indian spinners, Monty Panesar reckons that the Indian team management can give another chance to the spin duo of Ravi Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the shortest format of the game. By interpreting his opinion, Monty stated that both Jadeja and Ashwin have a lot of experience. Thus, this can help the Indian cricket team along with their game-changing abilities.
Jadeja and Ashwin can contribute both with the bat and ball: Monty Panesar
The 38-year-old spinner argued that, unlike Kuldeep and Chahal, Ashwin and Jadeja have all-around abilities. Both Jadeja and Ashwin can contribute with the bat and the ball. The 14th season of the IPL will be a big litmus test for Chahal and Kuldeep. If they have a poor season, their T20 World Cup spots will be doubtful.
With the T20 World Cup coming up this year, Virat Kohli would definitely pick his best spinners. The former stated that it wouldn't matter for the Indian skipper, whoever the player is, as he only wants performers. Further in the interaction, Monty Panesar spoke about the possibility of Harbhajan Singh making a comeback for India during the T20 World Cup. Harbhajan is currently plying his trade with IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders in the 14th season of the Indian Premier League. Thus, the English spinner believes that if Harbhajan performs well in IPL, then he will undoubtedly make a spot for himself in the Indian team.
ICC T20 World Cup 2021 was eventually going to take place last year in Australia. However, due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the competition was postponed. ICC T20 World Cup 2021 is the seventh edition of the tournament. West Indies are the defending champions as they conquered England by four wickets in the final of ICC T20 World Cup 2016.