Former India cricketer turned commentator Robin Uthappa said that batter Rinku Singh should have been part of India’s squad for the recently concluded five-match home T20I series against South Africa as well. After being overlooked for the series, he was added to the Men in Blue’s 2026 T20 World Cup squad as well.

“Rinku should have been there in the first place. You should have just carried a 16th player in your bilateral. You didn’t need only 15. It’s a bilateral, you carry 16-17; who the heck cares? And you just reduce the team from that. It actually supports your narrative if you carry 16-17 in a home bilateral series, and then if you have a World Cup squad coming up, you can actually pick out who you want to pick out,” he added.

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Robin Uthappa also suggested that Team India’s ultra-aggressive approach in T20Is may not work in big matches as well. He also shared that someone like Tilak Varma should be given the anchor’s role in the Indian batting order as well.

“When you’re playing cricket that aggressively, and if you’re following the template SunRisers Hyderabad follows in the IPL, you will do exceptionally well in patches, but that is not sustainable in big games. He (Tilak) can play the anchor, and that should be the role that should be handed down to him. The beauty about Tilak is that he can play both roles,” Robin Uthappa concluded.