"Two People Missing": India's World Cup Winning Star's No Holds Barred Take On Rohit Sharma-led Squad

The names of the 15 chosen ones in Indian cricket team's World Cup 2023 is out. India captain Rohit Sharma said at the Cricket World Cup squad announcement that  this was the 'best' side that they could chose. Speaking during a virtual press conference organised by Star Sports, former Indian cricket team India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh spoke about the absence of two players, Yuzvendra Chahal and Arshdeep Singh, from India's World Cup team. "In my opinion, there are two people missing in this team. First, Yuzvendra Chahal, and second, Arshdeep Singh. Because a left-arm seamer, if he can bring the new ball inside, it makes it useful in the game," Harbhajan Singh said.

"If he can get two wickets early in the game, I'm not saying that right-handers can't do that, but a left-hand seamer can get an actual angle to get the wicket. You can see how Shaheen Shah Afridi or Mitchell Starc, they have a huge impact on the game."

He went on to give to give the example of Mitchell Starc for Australia at the 2025 World Cup.

"When Australia won the World Cup, Mitchell Starc had a huge impact on the games; he sent Brendan McCullum out on the first ball. Incoming ball, with that speed, coming into a right-hander is always challenging," the 2011 World Cup winner said.

"The second, being Yuzvendra Chahal, a proven match-winner, someone who has taken more wickets than any other spinner. If he was playing for any other country, I would think he would always be in the playing XI. But even after proving so much, I feel he should have been in the team. If I were part of the management, I would definitely play him in the team, because we are all stakeholders of Indian cricket and we want the Indian Cricket Team to do well."

Harbhajan added that