Till last week, aficionados and connoisseurs alike, were busy discussing whether Axar Patel was better suited to be India’s No. 8 in the forthcoming Men’s Cricket World Cup or would Shardul Thakur be more useful in the same role.
The personnel may have changed but the debate rages on. From the Indian management’s perspective, however, the option is simple. Or so it looked during India’s first official nets session, an optional one, for the World Cup.
Considering the travel and workload that the team has been through over the last month and lying ahead for the next two, it wasn’t surprising that only four players joined the support staff for a practice session at the Amingaon Cricket Ground, on the outskirts of the city.
