A lot of fans and cricketing pundits were Shocked when the Indian leg-spinner, Yuzvendra Chahal was excluded from the ICC T20 World Cup squad of India. Many fans consider Chahal the number one leg-spinner in the country. However, the selection committee decided against picking him as they preferred Rahul Chahar in the squad for the mega event.
When asked why the selection committee did not pick Yuzvendra Chahal for the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 squad, chief selector Chetan Sharma had replied: “We had a discussion over Yuzvendra Chahal and the selectors thought was we need a bowler, who can bowl fast, and as we have recently seen Rahul Chahar bowling, the speed that he bowls with, the selectors thought that we need such a player.”
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Yuzvendra Chahal seems to be disappointed after being snubbed. He has stated in his recent interviews that he is looking forward to performing well for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the upcoming second lege of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. Meanwhile, Chahal also came up with an interesting tweet while replying to famous commentator Aakash Chopra on the micro-blogging platform Twitter.
Aakash Chopra had tweeted, “Picked a few trends from the first 30 games of #IPL2020 I think most will be valid this time too. 1. Win the toss-bat first 2. Pick genuine pace over medium-pacers 3. Bat cautiously in the PP overs 4. Faster spinners likely to make an impact Agree?” Soon, Chahal replied to him: “Faster spinner bhaiya? (Faster spinner brother?) #JustKidding”.
Faster spinner bhaiya? 👀👀🤔#justkidding 🤣
— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) September 16, 2021
Fans will be able to witness the big battle between Rahul Chahar’s Mumbai Indians (MI) and Yuzvendra Chahal’s RCB on September 26. It will be exciting to see which leg-spinner impresses the selectors. Many fans have backed Yuzvendra to perform well and earn a place in the T20 World Cup 2021 squad as the changes can still be made.
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Fans should note that there are changes still possible in the T20 World Cup 2021 team. Hence, the players who were not selected will be eyeing too well in IPL 2021 m matches in the UAE to prove their worth.
