Kohli also made it clear that Ravichandran Ashwin will not be in the cue ball scheme until Washington Sundar is acting.
India will begin their preparations for the T20 World Cup, to be held in India later this year, with the series against England and the skipper gave some indications on what the main combination would look like.
“If Rohit plays then it’s simple. KL (Rahul) and Rohit have consistently performed at the top of the order for us and those two will start,” Kohli was unequivocal in his response that the experienced Shikhar dhawan You’ll have to wait.
“In one situation, Rohit rests and KL has a problem or something, Shikhi (Dhawan’s nickname in the team) obviously comes in as the third starter, but the starting composition, Rohit and Rahul will be the ones to start.”
However, Kohli was upset with a question about the chances of Ashwin, India’s # 1 test pilot, to return seeing his impressive IPL form last time, when he landed some big names, including the captain of India. , At low price.
“Washington has done very well for us. So you can’t have two players of the same discipline, playing in one place. So (this won’t happen) unless Washy has a drastically horrible season and things go wrong for him.” Kohli said about the young off-roader.
Washington has an impressive economic rate of less than 7 over (6.95) in 26 games for the country.
Kohli made it quite clear that the question did not amuse him in the least.
“I mean the question should also be asked with some kind of logic. Do you suggest where you would add Ash and play him on the team?” fought back.
“Washington already does that job for the team. It’s easy to ask a question, but you should have a logical explanation yourself.”
No room to compromise on fitness: Kohli at Varun Chakravarthy
The repeated failures of the mysterious spinner Varun Chakravarthy’s physical fitness tests have raised many eyebrows and the Indian captain sent a loud and clear message that anyone aspiring to play for India must meet certain fitness standards.
Chakravarthy, an IPL sensation for Kolkata Knight Riders, was first cast before the Australia tour only to find out later that he was hiding a shoulder injury back then.
He did his rehabilitation in the NCA, but has not played any competitive matches at the national level and again failed the YoYo fitness test (17.1) and 2 km (8 minutes) after Chetan Sharma’s committee chose him unexpectedly with no time to spare. game.
“Look, people need to understand the systems that have been put in place for the Indian cricket team,” Kohli was very clear about his position on the issue.
“We must operate at very high levels of fitness and skills and that is why this (team from India) is first on the scale when playing cricket, in our country.
“We hope that the players fulfill what it takes to be part of Team India. There should be no room for any compromise, in that regard.”
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