India’s left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya had a great outing on his debut in International cricket. He picked up his maiden wicket in the form of Bhanuka Rajapaksa on 65. His second victim was Dhananjaya de Silva, who was completely deceived by a slower ball. Although Chetan Sakariya has impressed everyone on his debut, Aakash Chopra feels it’s too early to consider the pacer for the ICC T20 World cup.

“It (Chetan Sakariya’s variations and left-arm angle) could be an advantage but, we should never take our eyes off the big picture and analyze everything in a balanced manner. He played the first game here, which is in itself a tough job. He has only played 10 List A matches and then got just a 2-over spell upfront on debut.” said Aakash to Espncricinfo.

“Coming back from all that and still performing well is an arduous task and he did all that so you earmark him as a good bowler and observe his development. But you can’t, after just one good performance, think of him straightaway as an option for the T20 World Cup,” he added.

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Aakash also cited examples of Vijay Shankar and Dinesh Mongia, who failed to make a mark in the World Cup.

“When you pick a 15-member team for an ICC event, I believe you should pick those guys you have observed and analyzed for a long time. When you find someone out-of-the-box, mark him for the future and not for the present. We have the example of Vijay Shankar from 2019 and Dinesh Mongia before that. There’s always one wildcard entry in every World Cup and Chetan Sakariya might be the one this time, but, I have never seen any wildcard perform well yet,” Aakash Chopra said.

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