The pacer was ruled out of the Asia Cup as he was recovering from a side strain and hasn’t yet played a T20I in Australian conditions.
During a live Q&A session with Sunil Gavaskar on Sports Tak, the fan asked the legendary batter whether Patel’s selection was justified and said:
However, Gavaskar wasn’t amused as he slammed the fan for making a premature prediction without really seeing what the pacer is capable of. He said:
Over the course of his brief international career, Patel has played 17 T20Is. The right-armer has picked up 23 wickets in those games with best bowling figures of 4/25 and an average of 20.95.
India can even play with four pacers if conditions are suitable: Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar feels Team India have a potent pace trio in Harshal Patel, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah for the T20 World Cup Down Under. He even believes that the Men in Blue could be tempted to play Bhuvneshwar Kumar and drop a spinner in case the conditions favor the quicks.
On this, he opined:
He added:
The upcoming T20I series against Australia will provide a good indication of what might be India’s preferred XI at the T20 World Cup next month.
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