“Don’t Know Why Arshdeep Singh Isn’t There”: Ex-India Bowling Coach Questions Star’s Exclusion From World Cup Squad

Former India bowling coach Bharat Arun has questioned the exclusion of “left-arm pacer” Arshdeep Singh within the 15-man preliminary squad for the World Cup. Arshdeep made his debut with the Indian crew final yr, however has been out and in of the squad since then. He was just lately a part of the of the crew for the white-ball excursions of West Indies and Ireland, however was left of the Asia Cup squad, in addition to the preliminary World Cup crew. Arun hailed Arshdeep and was stunned over his exclusion from the squad.

“We tried bringing in left-arm fast bowlers during our time. We always wanted one. Arshdeep was promised a lot and I don’t know why he isn’t there in the squad. To me, he looked very, very impressive. He is capable of bowling yorkers and the late half can move the ball. He is an exciting fast bowler and I wonder where he is now. These bowlers were supposed to come back to India during Covid time and it was Ravi who stopped the move. It gave us the option to make them play,” Arun mentioned on ‘Cricket Basu’ YouTube channel.

So far, Arshdeep has performed three ODIs and 33 T20Is for India. He has picked up 50 wickets within the shortest format.

The selectors have picked 4 all-rounders and 4 pacers within the World Cup squad, other than seven high quality batters.

India Squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.