BENGALURU: India’s head coach Rahul Dravid feels Dinesh Karthik, with his aggressive last overs batting, has provided him with a lot of options ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. Dravid also wants to determine the main squad for the World Cup by the end of the series against England and made it clear that one has to perform exceptionally well to make it to the last 15 players.

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Dravid told reporters after the five-match series against South Africa ended 2-2, “It is really good to see that Karthik has played the role he was picked for. That gives us a lot of options.” The last match of the series was washed out due to rain. Regarding Karthik’s innings of 55 off 27 balls in the fourth T20 match, Dravid said, “He was picked for his exceptional performance in the last two or three years (in the IPL) and in the series, especially in Rajkot, he made such an innings.” played.

According to Dravid, Karthik and Hardik Pandya are two such batsmen

According to Dravid, Karthik and Hardik Pandya are the two batsmen. Who can change the equation of the match in the death overs. “We needed this kind of big performance in the last five overs to get a good score. And he and Hardik batted really well. Both are our main strengths in the last overs.” Dravid does not want to set any time limit. But till the end of the T20 series against England. He will prepare an unbiased opinion on the 18-20 players before the World Cup in Australia. want.

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India and England will play six limited overs matches from July 7-17 after the one-off Test

India and England will play six limited overs matches from July 7-17 after the one-off Test. Dravid said, “As you get closer to the competition, you want to be sure about your final team. There are possibilities of sudden changes in the kind of world you live in today. You will go to the World Cup with 15 players. But it is important to identify 18 to 20 top players. Want to make sure of that team. Whether it will be in the next series (Ireland) or the series after (England) is difficult to say. But we definitely want to do that as soon as possible.”

Rituraj Gaikwad (96 runs in five matches) and Shreyas Iyer (94 runs in five matches) cut their chances for the World Cup. But Dravid defended them both. Dravid said, “We are not going to react like this. I don’t like to judge a player after a series or a match.” He said, “Shreyas showed his intentions on two difficult wickets. And Rituraj showed what kind of player he is in one innings. We are not disappointed with anyone’s performance.”