The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced its 15-man squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup to be played in Australia. One big player has got a place in this team. Nevertheless, the team management is still wandering in search of the exact playing XI.

Especially with the wicketkeeper. There is confusion that Dinesh Karthik or Rishabh Pant should be given a place in the playing XI. Now former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has given his reaction on this whole matter.

Both can be included in the playing XI

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar believes that the team management and captain Rohit Sharma should include both Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant in the playing XI.

Sunil Gavaskar said that you can play Rishabh Pant at number five, Hardik Pandya at number 6, and then Dinesh Karthik at number 7.

We will have to take a risk to win

This former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar further said in his conversation that in addition to the four fast bowlers, the team management should also feed Hardik Pandya. If you can't take risks, you can't win.

The team has to take risks in every department. The point to be noted here is that there is a long debate going on whether Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik should be included in the playing XI for the World Cup.

Rishabh has got more chances than Karthik

Let us tell you that Rishabh Pant has not been as successful in T20 cricket for India. His performance has been as good in Test and ODI formats.

Dinesh Karthik, on the other hand, caught the attention of the selectors by performing brilliantly during IPL 2022. After which he returned to the national team. In the Asia Cup too, Rishabh Pant was given more chances while Dinesh Karthik was kept on the bench.

Always try to pick the best playing XI

On the other hand, if we talk about the statement of Team India's head coach Rahul Dravid, then he had recently said that he is not looking at any one wicketkeeper. He believes that he is including players in the playing XI according to the circumstances. And we always try to pick the best playing XI.

Indian team for the T20 world cup

Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, and Arshdeep Singh.

Standby players - Mohammed Shami, Shreyas Iyer, and Ravi Bishnoi.