Asia Cup 2023: I am worried about KL Rahul's selection because of his swallowing problem - Sanjay Manjrekar

 

The Indian team has been announced today for the Asia Cup 2023 and injured KL Rahul has returned to the team. Now former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has expressed his reaction on his selection. Manjrekar says there are concerns over the selection of wicket-keeping batsman KL Rahul in India's 17-member Asia Cup squad. Rahul is making a comeback from a long-standing thigh injury which he suffered during IPL 2023.

Manjrekar said, "When an off-spinner is bowling, someone like Hardik Pandya can come, when there is a left-arm spinner, someone like Ravindra Jadeja can come. Such actions are normal and fine." The whole debate is about how 4,5 and 6 will look. I am worried about KL Rahul's selection because of his niggle. I am more optimistic about Shreyas Iyer. When we talked about Virat Kohli at no.4 So we are talking about the same flexibility. Not only when the match is happening and we have to attack a particular bowler.

The former cricketer further added, "Shreyas Iyer comes straight in. If his discomfort clears up, KL Rahul also comes in. He is a class player with a lot of experience on the big stage. If you have seen, the heroes are always the same." Those who have done so. You need Iyer and Rahul and the best way is to play them as many matches as possible."

Indian squad for Asia Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, the famous Krishna. 

Stand-by player - Sanju Samson