Selectors Should Explain Why Chahal Is Not In India’s T20 World Cup Squad: Virender Sehwag

Mumbai: Yuzvendra Chahal delivered a brilliant performance with the ball against Mumbai Indians on Sunday night to guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to a comprehensive 54-run victory. The wrist-spinner made 3 for 11 in his 4-over spell, dismissing Quinton de Kock (24), Ishan Kishan (9) and Jasprit Bumrah (5).

Following this ex-India opener, Virender Sehwag said, “Chahal was bowling well in past also. I can’t understand why he was omitted from the T20 World Cup squad.”

Chahal has been in good form in the ongoing UAE leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. He is the only RCB bowler to take wickets in all three matches in the second leg of the tournament. As he is getting better with every game, his absence in Team India’s 15-man T20 World Cup squad has now become a major point of discussion among the experts of the game.

Former India opener Virender Sehwag during a discussion with Cricbuzz after RCB’s victory on Sunday said Chahal has been an asset for a T20 side and the selectors must give a reason for his non-selection.

“Chahal was bowling well in the past also. I can’t understand why he was omitted from the T20 World Cup squad. The selectors should provide an explanation. It’s not like Rahul Chahar bowled extraordinarily in Sri Lanka. The way Chahal is bowling, he will be an asset for any side in T20 cricket,” Sehwag told Cricbuzz.

“He knows how to bowl in his format, how to take wickets. The game was set up by (Glenn) Maxwell and (Yuzvendra) Chahal. They took wickets in the middle orders which led to a turnaround,” he added.

Chahal’s absence in the team surprised me the most. The Chetan Sharma-led selection committee has named mystery spinners Varun Chakraborty and Rahul Chahar and also includes Ravichandran Ashwin, who last played a white-ball game for India in 2017.

In the ongoing IPL 2021, Chahal has taken 9 wickets in 10 matches at an average of 27.77.

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