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Dhoni bats for Jadeja in Ashwin issue

Updated on: 27 December,2012 03:30 AM IST  | 
A Correspondent |

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni defended the gamble he took to leave out India's leading limited overs spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin from the first T20 International against Pakistan on Tuesday here at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Dhoni bats for Jadeja in Ashwin issue

u00a0“Ashwin has been one of our main bowlers, he had to bowl in the first six overs a lot,” Dhoni said.u00a0“Once we had three seamers, we wanted to give Jadeja a chance too. And once the field has opened up in the last two games Ashwin has also gone for runs, (though) he has bowled beautifully in the first six overs.”



Ravindra Jadeja


Dhoni provided another reason to drop Ashwin: “They had lots of right-handed batsmen (only one of Pakistan’s top seven batsmen was a left-hander), and if we needed an off-spinner, we had Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina.u00a0“If we needed an option of a left-arm spinner in case Yuvi had a bad day, we wouldn’t have any option in the XI (if Jadeja was left out).”


However, Pakistan skipper Mohammad Hafeez was surprised by India’s decision to not include Ashwin. He suggested that the decision helped Pakistan.u00a0It was only the second Twenty20 match Ashwin has missed since his debut against Zimbabwe in 2010.

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