Virat Kohli said why Ashwin and Jadeja were removed from ODIs

MUMBAI: Since the election of Team India for the series against New Zealand, it is being criticized by the fact that after all, spinner Ashwin and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja have not been selected in the team. But no one has given the answer to this so far. But now Team India captain Virat Kohli has shone with this rule. Before the first one-day match against New Zealand, captain Kohli said the reason for this.

Virat Kohli acknowledged that the spin duo of the current two spinners, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuswendra Chahal in the team is performing so well that they can not afford to feed them both together.

"We have to find our best bowling combination before the World Cup. Honestly, we were not thinking of feeding these two together, but they are performing very well and are therefore playing in every match. "Kohli said," Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have been in the last six years. Are consistently playing limited overs cricket These youngsters have done well and this has made us a good consignment of bowlers before the World Cup. "

Rahane tells team India's third opener

Kohli made it clear that the legendary batsman Ajinkya Rahane is the third opener of the team. It was decided that he could not play in the first match against New Zealand on Sunday. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are regular openers of the team. In the absence of Dhawan, Rahane was asked to start the innings. He recently scored four half-centuries during the five-match ODI series against Australia. India won the series 4-1

On the eve of the match, Kohli said, "He (Rahane) certainly took full advantage of opportunities as the third opener. Like I said that KL Rahul was also in the race for the openers, but Jinx (Rahane) did well and took advantage of the opportunity. "He said," When 4 players play in the same position then the team The combination of this is made in such a way and certainly one of them will have to sit out, because only two can play in the last eleven. "Kohli said that he does not want Rahane to be mediocre In fall down in confusion.

He said, "We do not want to be confused by taking him (Rahane) into the middle order, because in one-day cricket, you have to fix your game according to your position. She has always been performing well in the top order, because her technique is friendly to her. This gives him the freedom to dominate the bowlers. "The captain said, 'As I said we do not want to put him in confusion and he knows that if a batsman does not go. If he is injured or not, then he is ready to take his place. "Rahane, who made his debut against England in 2011, has so far scored 2822 runs in 84 ODIs and his highest score is 111.

Regarding not being part of KL Rahul's team, he said, "Dinesh came in place of KL in this series. KL, most of the innings starts, and we do not want the way Rahane has to play in the middle order in compulsion. "Kohli said that the team needs to maintain good balance.

The main batsmen will rest before foreign tours

India has to go on two major foreign tours next year and Captain Virat Kohli said that he would give some major batters to rest before this. After playing a domestic series against New Zealand and Sri Lanka, India will go on a tour of South Africa in January next year, where he will play three Tests, six ODIs and three T20 Internationals. After the South African tour, the team will go to England, where it will play three T20s, three ODIs and five Test matches. This series will start in July 2018.

Kohli said that not just the batsmen but the team management will also rotate the bowlers in the coming weeks, so that they are up for foreign tours. Kohli said, 'Yes, we talked about it (program). It's quite busy. We have to talk about the future. If you look at New Zealand, then he has not played cricket after the Champions Trophy. His players got enough chance to relax This can be the difference in big tournaments. '

He said, "Everyone needs time to return, especially the fast bowlers. So now we are doing this with Umesh Yadav and Mohammad Shami. We want to refresh them before the Test series. We do not want to be tired players and we have talked about it. "Kohli said," Even some major batsmen will definitely be given a rest in the future because the upcoming foreign tours are important. "