T20 World Cup 2024: India should pick two wrist-spinners, feels Irfan Pathan

Former India allrounder Irfan Pathan feels that ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024 the men in Blue squad must consist of five specialist bowlers along with two wrist spinners The T20 World Cup 2024 is set to begin in June in the USA and the West IndiesWith May 1 being the deadline for the announcement of the final squad for the global showpiece the discussions regarding Indias squad have taken centre stageYou need five good bowlers thats a must What are your wickettaking options When youre talking about Ravindra Jadeja at No 8 and playing as a spin allrounder I would rather have two wristspinners playing Pathan told Star SportsI would rather have two proper wristspinners playing Ravi Bishnoi and Kuldeep Yadav in my playing XI If you look at Bishnois numbers you know when he played he was pretty goodAlso ReadIN PHOTOS IPL 2024 RCB vs GT Heres all you need to knowWhen asked about Chahal Pathan doesnt seem in favour of picking him in the World Cup squad Yes were talking about Chahal right now because of the IPL performances but dont forget the fielding part of it as well If you have to balance the fielding you have to balance where a bowler can bowl at the particular area he saidAdditionally Pathan only considered pacer Jasprit Bumrah as the automatic selection among the bowlers Theres only one player who you can blindly say certain for selection is Bumrah But apart from Bumrah you need at least two fast bowlers who can be part of the regular XI the former India cricketer saidThe biggest problem the Indian team has is the combination of fast bowling Its very important to fix that combination so go towards experienceWith Bumrah you can see Mohammed Siraj and Arshdeep Singh there which I dont think is ideal but this is the only option you have now he saidFormer Indian batsman K Srikkanth doesnt want Mohammed Siraj to be a part of the Indian squad ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024 Bumrah is in the squad Arshdeep as well But the third pacer cant be Siraj Hell bowl well in one game and then not perform in 10 games Hes an erratic bowler you saw it in the World Cup he saidThats why Im saying we should look at whos bowling well in the death overs and that is Avesh Khan Hes been performing well and hes done well on the international front he has a little experience as well Hes mastered the wide yorkers also Srikkanth addedHowever former Australia allrounder Tom Moody backed Siraj saying that he is mentally and physically fatigued He looks mentally and physically fatigued He has come into this IPL having played a lot of all format cricket for India for a long period of time he saidHe plays his cricket in the IPL at probably the hardest venue Bengaluru whether you bowl quick or you bowl spin that needs to be taken into consideration The third thing is hes playing in a poor side RCB have been a poor side this year and its very hard to rise with whats happening around you I would back him 100 per cent to step up in the World Cup purely because if you look at historically what hes done for India and even what he did in the IPL last year Moody addedWith PTI Inputs