Two-time World Cup winner Harbhajan Singh unhappy with Yuzvendra Chahal's exclusion from ODI World Cup 2023 squad

Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is unhappy with Yuzvendra Chahal's exclusion from the ODI World Cup 2023 squad. The latter has been dropped from the team in the preliminary squad for the tournament. While the fans have been left guessing, Singh has expressed his disappointment over Chahal's exclusion. The two-time World Cup winner has been left dumbfounded.

"Yuzvendra Chahal should have been here. He has not been given an opportunity. It is beyond my understanding. Either he has fought with someone or he has said something to someone, I don't know. If we talk only about skill, his name should have been there in this team because a lot of Team India players are resting," Harbhajan said on his official YouTube channel.

We want somebody who can bat at number eight: Ajit Agarkar

Not just the World Cup, Chahal also missed the victorious Asia Cup 2023 squad. After the squad for the tournament was announced, Agarkar was asked about the leggie's inclusion. The 2007 T20 World Cup winner said that the team was looking for a player who can bowl and bat at number eight.

“We want somebody who can bat at that spot. Axar being Axar, he had a good run this year, and batted well in white-ball cricket, especially. He did not get a lot of opportunities in red-ball but he batted well in white-ball cricket, especially in the IPL. In the West Indies tour, he couldn’t get a lot of opportunities because he bats at the backend. With him being there, it allows us the option of first having a left-hander whom we can use up the order and go in to play the spinners. He can do that for us.

India squad for the ODI World Cup: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.