Former Indian selector Kris Srikkanth criticized Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav for resting spinner Varun Chakravarthy after just 2 overs. Chakraborty took 3 wickets in his 2 over spell, but the captain decided not to hand him the ball further.
India entered the 2026 T20 World Cup as the defending champions of the competition. India is a new team under the leadership of new captain Suryakumar Yadav and is playing in an ICC competition for the first time without its two stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
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Chris Srikkanth on India’s misbehavior with Varun Chakravarthy, says, “Next lock him inside a room.”
Former Indian selector Kris Srikkanth has criticized Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav for not getting all the overs from spinner Varun Chakravarthy. Chakravarthy was India’s best spinner and bowled only 2 overs with the ball.
After a promising start for Namibia, chasing a mammoth target of 210, they were 67/1 in their seven overs and the maestros of Indian spin bowling were included in the attack. He turned things completely 360 degrees.
Varun dismissed the Namibian openers and then took a double wicket in the second over, where he dismissed Jan Nicol Lofty-Eaton and JJ Smit in the same over. He returned with magical figures of 3/7 in his 2 over spell.
“This concept of protecting a bowler and not exposing him is absurd. After that, lock him inside a room. I am sure Varun will be upset. I feel for him, because it was an opportunity to take five wickets in the World Cup. How many people can take five wickets in the World Cup? But what a magic; His confidence should be sky high. Kris Srikkanth said on his YouTube channel, no one knows how to play.
“What is the logic of not exposing him?” – Srikanth slammed Suryakumar Yadav
Chris Srikkanth failed to understand the logic behind the Indian captain not allowing Varun Chakravarthy to complete his spell. He highlighted the fact that there has been no change in his bowling and it has been viewed almost 1000 times on TV.
“I don’t understand it at all. What’s the point of not exposing him? Everyone has seen his bowling 1000 times on TV, and teams have played his bowling a lot now. So what’s the point of hiding him?”
“How can you not bowl to Bumrah in the powerplay?” – Srikanth criticized Surya’s captaincy
After Varun Chakravarthy, Srikkanth slammed Suryakumar Yadav for abusing fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah has not been used in the powerplay by Suryakumar Yadav and Gautam Gambhir in recent times.
Srikanth says that if Bumrah is used in the powerplay, he can be effective for India. He also claimed that using it first might have been more successful for him.
“How can you not bowl to Bumrah in the powerplay? I don’t understand the logic behind it. Is he an average bowler coming in after the sixth over? It is difficult to understand why Bumrah is not opening the bowling. Are you still protecting Bumrah? If he bowls early, the match can simply end,” Srikkanth said (via the above source).
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