'No benchmark for an allrounder...' - Indian bowler lashed out at management for lack quality allrounders

Indian cricket team has faced a lot of disappointments in the last couple of months including starting the Asia Cup fiasco followed by an embarrassing exit from the 20-20 World Cup 2022. The managerial tactics of the Indian team have always been under the scanner due to the poor performance of the all-rounders.

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The team has been missing the senior players including the likes of senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, star speedster Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Shami due to their respective injuries.

Meanwhile, a few of cricket experts have questioned the sense of Indian management to pick the all-rounders. Subsequently, the veteran Indian bowler Amit Mishra has lashed out at the management’s parameters to assess an all-rounder to be a part of the national squad of the Indian team.

I had once raised this topic but they silenced me - Amit Mishra

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"It's absolutely true. I had once raised this topic but they silenced me. Picking a bowler on the assumption that he will bat and score runs is no benchmark for an all-rounder. How many all-rounders does India have? You say that we have Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja who bowls and bats both. Ashwin too can bat and as can Axar Patel. How many all-rounders do you need?” said Mishra during a discussion on Sports Tak.

"Every team has 2 all-rounders along with part-time bowlers and the main leg-spinner who can take wickets. Bowlers win your matches. Till the time you don't take wickets, how will you win a match? Even if you score 300 runs, but if you don't have wicket-taking and main bowlers, there is no way you can win a game,” he added later.

Later on, Mishra expressed his shock at the management for not giving a single game to Chahal in the entire edition of the 20-20 World Cup 2022.

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"I was a little surprised. They should have made him play at least 1-2 matches. I'm not saying that thrust him into the XI straightaway in the final or the semifinal, but had they given you a chance, they could have seen how he is bowling - the rhythm and all. They could have figured out if he could have been a good option for them. Playing him previously was important," he said.

"Whenever a leg-spinner or a wrist-spinner plays, he is your wicket-taker. The shorter the format, the higher the chances of picking wickets. If Chahal had played and given you 3/40, that would have changed the mindset,” he concluded.