Former India cricketer-turned-analyst R Ashwin commented on the combination for the ODI World Cup 2027. The 50-over event will take place in South Africa, and Ashwin added that India could have only one specialist spinner in the playing XI as well. He also said that the need to have one spinner who can also bat, an all-rounder, like Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, or Washington Sundar as well.
“If you are playing two spinners, Kuldeep and Varun, then either of them have to be your number eight. So it is difficult to play two spinners. You can have them in the squad. But then what about the spin batter you want in Axar, Jadeja, or Sundar. You can have two spinners but one has to be someone who can bat. So India has to decide where to go. I think you can take only one specialist spinner. And I am still saying the lesser you expose Varun the better. You have to use him properly. The novelty factor has to stay. I also liked how they rested him now too and dealt with it,” he said on ‘Ash ki Baat’.
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“Abhishek has skill as a bowler. He has more variety as well. He has hue potential. But a lot of batters start working less on their bowling because it affects the volume of their batting. But I hope that does not happen. Bowling an over or two in T20 is different from bowling in ODIs. I hope Abhishek takes his bowling seriously because he can contribute and be a good spin bowling all-rounder for India in the future,” he further added.
Apart from his YouTube channel, R Ashwin is also active on the social media platform X. He shared his opinions there as well.
“I just feel like laughing after reading some comments. People think I am for and against some players. This is wrong. I do not even think like that. I am always with the players. I feel a lot of these things on X do not happen for cricket, but for chatter. It is a different business. I laugh off all these things. People just conveniently cut clips of 30 seconds and post it and that is assumed that it is the truth,” he said.
