'Send him back. He doesn't have that level of maturity': Gambhir wants India to use promising 27-year-old only in T20Is
Previous Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir wouldn't beat around the bush on promising 27-year-old Indian player's destiny in the ODI crew, as he felt that youthful Venkatesh Iyer shouldn't be considered for the 50-over design any longer and can be considered for choice just in T20Is.
Iyer's job in the Indian ODI set-up has been making adjusts for the beyond couple of months. With Hardik Pandya out with a physical issue since the T20 World Cup 2021 last October in the UAE, Iyer was picked for the home series against New Zealand and for the South Africa ODI visit.
Promoted to fill the shoes of all-rounder Hardik, Venkatesh batted at No.3 and 6 in the T20I challenge, scoring 36 runs off 28 balls, however was approached to bowl in just a single innings, where he got done with 1/12 of every three overs.
In the ODI challenge, he played two matches, scoring 24 runs in 40 conveyances and furthermore bowled in just the subsequent game, getting done with 0/28 out of five overs. He was dropped for the last tie, leaving his choice in the crew puzzling with many scrutinizing his job in India's preliminary arrangement for 2023 ODI World Cup.
Addressing Star Sports after the third ODI, Gambhir believed that Iyer comes up short on development a player needs for ODI cricket and ought to thus be thought of as just for T20I cricket, if he opens in that arrangement.
"I feel he ought to just be considered for T20 cricket. Since he doesn't have that degree of development yet. He has been offered a chance to play global level in the wake of watching him in just 7-8 IPL matches. On the off chance that you are going by IPL exhibitions, play him in T20 cricket. ODI is something else altogether game and something else altogether," he said.
The veteran cricketer additionally added that in the event that Iyer stays in retribution for ODIs, Indian administration ought to ask his IPL establishment to play him in the center request.
"Iyer had opened in IPL, presently he is playing in the center request. Send him back. In the event that you are thinking about him for ODI cricket, tell his IPL establishment to play him in the center request. In any case, I feel he ought to be saved for T20s just, that excessively just as an opener, assuming he plays at that situation in IPL."
India will next play against West Indies in a restricted overs series at home, containing three ODIs and as a huge number beginning February 6.
