Dinesh Karthik needs R Ashwin to steer India on the Asian Video games in Hangzhou.© Twitter
Stories have emerged that the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) will ship groups for the Asian Video games to be held in Hangzhou in September-October. Nonetheless, with the occasion set to take collide with the ODI World Cup on residence soil, the board is prone to ship a second-string group to China. It was additionally reported that veteran batter Shikhar Dhawan, who’s at present not a part of the primary group setup, is prone to lead the group within the quadrennial extravaganza.
Talking at an occasion, Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik, nonetheless, urged the BCCI to call veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin because the captain, provided that he’s not within the scheme of issues for the World Cup.
Whereas highlighting Ashwin’s performances over time, Karthik feels that the 36-year-old has earned the fitting to grow to be the captain, at the very least for the Asian Video games.
“Ashwin is arguably one of many biggest gamers to have ever performed when it comes to his high quality of bowling and the variety of wickets he has picked. I genuinely really feel that if India are sending a B group, with the primary group getting ready for the World Cup, they need to make him the captain if he’s not a part of the ODI setup. I genuinely really feel he deserves it and has earned the fitting of being the captain of the group. I want they identify Ashwin as captain for at the very least Asian Video games. That shall be a feather in his hat,” Karthik mentioned at an occasion.
Cricket was final staged within the Asian Video games within the 2014 version in Incheon. Indian groups had not taken half in that competitors 9 years in the past.
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