“ASIA CUP 22: WHAT’S THE ISSUE?” FORMER INDIAN PLAYER CRITICIES BCCI FOR THIS DECISION

This Monday saw the announcement of India’s squad for Asia Cup 22. Captianed by Rohit Sharma, the team saw the re-entry of star players, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. However, one of the biggest shockers for experts came in the lack of fast bowling options.Former batsman turned commentator Aakash Chopra questioned BCCI’s selection, questioning why there were only few seamers in the squad.  The esteemed tournament to be held in UAE from August 27 will witness only 3 pacers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, and Avesh Khan in the squad.Chopra on his Youtube channel questioned the judgment of the selectors, u201cMy question is that the Dubai pitch and the September month, it helps the fast bowlers. There is a lot of grass on the pitch. The pitch doesn’t change for the entire tournament. There is consistent help for the pacers as we saw in IPL and have seen repeatedly. So what’s the issue?u201dChopra further reckoned, u201cWhere is Mohammed Shami? I felt it could have been a race between Avesh Khan and Mohammed Shami, or you could have picked both because four fast bowlers are necessary, in my opinion, u201cI think he was phenomenal. If you can bowl like that with so much experience, I thought this opportunity was there for the taking,u201d exclaimed the former Indian opener.