Rohit Sharma ‘raises' hand on off-spinner's absence question in India's T20 WC squad, amuses Ajit Agarkar

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BCCI) chief selector Ajit Agarkar and Indian skipper Rohit Sharma faced the media and answered tough questions two days after the announcement of the 'Men in Blue's official 15-member squad was announced. During the press conference, Rohit was asked why four spinners were chosen in the 15-member squad. To this, Rohit answered in his unique quirky style, "I definitely wanted four spinners.

But, I won't tell you the reason now. Maybe I'll reveal it in the first press conference in the US." On the similar lines, when a journalist highlighted the absence of an-off spinner in the squad and 'hopefully the captain can roll his arm over', the Indian skipper raised his hand – indicating he is an off-spinner on the team. ALSO READ: 'Abhi main bolke kya karunga?': Rohit Sharma's hilarious reply on Team India bowling combination at T20 World Cup 2024 Rohit then replied, “Something that we discussed a lot.

We discussed whether to have off spinner or not. Washy hasn’t played a lot of cricket. And it was between Ash and Axar… it was like that.

We though that having 2 left arm spinners and being doing well. Ashwin hasn’t played much lately. Axar was in good form from 50 overs format when he played those matches against AUS.

So he’s been bowling well for India. It gives us that left handed option if we have to send someone in them middle. And of course, a very experienced player." Though this amused Ajit Agarkar, but this is not the first time that Rohit indicated about his bowling prowess.