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According to Stephen Fleming, Shivam Dube will be a good choice for the Indian selection team for the T20 World Cup in June. The Mumbai hitter will be included in the team for the ICC tournament in the USA and the West Indies, according to the head coach of CSK, who acknowledged that selecting players is not an easy task with so many to choose from.
“Yeah, I would have him on the side. Yeah,” the New Zealander said. “Well, I love his power. I’m biased, aren’t I? But I think when you have something [power] like that… [I would take him].
“It’s probably one of the hardest jobs in world cricket, isn’t it? Being an Indian selector on one hand, very jealous as a New Zealander, looking at the amount of talent that is on the show and new players every game sort of pops up.”
Dube, an Impact Player for the Chennai Super Kings, has amassed 176 runs with a strike rate of 160 in five games. Fleming stated that rather than choosing players and fitting them into roles, the selectors, who are anticipated to choose the squad in the first week of May, should decide what kind of players they want on the team.
“The thing for me is what type of gameplan do they want to play during the World cup? What have they identified as the right style of play for India in an away condition and then put players into that? Rather than just picking players and trying to find a gameplan, I would be looking at the style of play that I would want and then picking that the players are in form and can perform the role that will best win that design,” Fleming said.
Meanwhile, Fleming also hinted that Ruturaj Gaikwad will be a long term skipper for Chennai Super Kings. “Yeah, I hope so. That’s the plan. And so far it’s worked well. The transition has been really smooth. He’s judged by wins, but we judge it differently. And his leadership around the team is top class. So, yeah, I would imagine it would be hopefully for many years, like the last captain.”