Sanjay Manjrekar: I would never have somebody like R Ashwin in my T20 team

R Ashwin and Sanjay Manjrekar (Pic/Suresh Karkera)

Making a bold statement about R Ashwin's ordinary performance in the shortest format of the game in the last few years, former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has said that teams are spending too much time on India off-spinner and he would never have someone like him in his T20 team.

Delhi Capitals off-spinner Ashwin claimed just seven wickets in 13 games in IPL-14 and a best of 2-27 in the season. The Tamil Nadu spinner was recalled into the India squad for the T20 World Cup, but Manjrekar feels "Ashwin, the T20 bowler, is not a great force in any team."

"We have spent far too much talking about him. Ashwin, the T20 bowler, is not a great force in any team," Manjrekar was quoted as saying on ESPNCricinfo.

"I think he has shown us in the last five years that he's bowled exactly the same and I would never have somebody like Ashwin in my team because if I got turning pitches, I would expect people like Varun Chakravarthy or Sunil Narine or Yuzvendra Chahal and how they do their job, they get you wickets," he added.

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