‘There only two spinners, the rest are all-rounders’: Rohit Sharma before India’s match vs Bangladesh in Champions Trophy | Cricket News
India skipper Rohit Sharma said on Wednesday that the team has selected 2 spinners while the other three players were all allrounders when he was asked about picking 5 spinners for the Champions Trophy. Varun Chakaravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav are the two specialists spinners while the other options in that department are Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Washington Sundar, who all are very capable batters. “There only two spinners, the rest are all-rounders. They can bat and bowl. We play to our strengths. The three all-rounders give a different dimension to the squad, they add a lot to the squad. We wanted to have players with two skills rather than one,” said Rohit ahead of the tournament opener against Bangladesh in Dubai. India also have three fast-bowling options in the form of Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana with Hardik Pandya being the sole pace all-rounder. Story continues below this ad On the event taking place after eight years, Rohit added: “It is a very important tournament like all ICC events are. We have …


