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Sunil Gavaskar makes a big statement on senior Indian batter

The India vs South Africa series saw the comebacks of experienced Dinesh Karthik and Hardik Pandya after a long time.

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The India vs South Africa series saw the likes of Dinesh Karthik and Hardik Pandya making their international comeback. Experienced campaigner, Dinesh Karthik made his way back into the Indian team but Shikhar Dhawan was one notable exclusion.

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KL Rahul was given the duty to lead the side but he got injured prior to the start of the first T20I. Meanwhile, former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar has said that he doesn't see Dhawan playing in the 20-20 World Cup later this year.

Gavaskar said that if the Delhi player was to play in the showpiece event, he would have been in the series. He pointed out the players who have gone to England for the all-format series might be the ones to travel to Australia for the World Cup.

"No. I don't see his name popping up. If it had to pop up, it would have been in this squad. A lot of guys have gone to England and he could have been in this squad. If he is not in this squad, I don't see him ending in the mix (for T20 World Cup)," Gavaskar said in an interaction on Star Sports during the game.

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The 1983 World Cup winner added that his opening combination for the world event will be skipper Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul.

"My opening combination would have KL Rahul if he's fit and Rohit Sharma alongside him," adding the batting great.

Talking about the India vs South Africa series, it ended in 2-2 draw with the last game being washed out to due to persistent rain. The fans were upset about the development and some of them questioned the board on staging a game in the month of June in Bangalore as it rains heavily at this time of the year in the city.

Indian Team are now set to play two T20 internationals against Ireland under the leadership of Hardik Pandya.

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