‘This is the series where we can afford to chop and change’ – Ravindra Jadeja’s take on resting key players in 2nd ODI against West Indies
The Indian team management was criticized for not excluding Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the second ODI of the ongoing three-match series against the West Indies. India lost the second match by six wickets at Kensington Oval, Barbados. In the absence of both experienced batters, the batting order was also reshuffled. Suryakumar Yadav came into bat at number three, and Axar Patel came into bat at number four.
Ahead of the series decider at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad, star India all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja opined that he is not happy with the approach of Men in Blue’s head coach, Rahul Dravid’s decision of having changes in the team as well as of re-shuffling the batting order.
This is the series where we can afford to chop and change: Ravindra Jadeja
“This is the series before the Asia Cup and World Cup, where we can experiment, we can try out new combinations. It will give us an idea about the team’s balance, strengths, and weaknesses,” Jadeja told reporters on the eve of the series decider.
“Captain and team management know what combination they are going to play. There is no confusion at all. We have already decided what is going to be the combination in the Asia Cup, they have already decided that before. But it’s more about trying out a particular player or batter at a batting position,” Jadeja added.
“We were not disappointed with the loss. We didn’t lose the match because of experiments, sometimes conditions also matter. We are trying different combinations. We can try different batters at different positions. This is the series where we can afford to chop and change. Young players also need that international experience, they also need game time,” he concluded.
