The World Test Championship final 2023 ended on a bitter note for the Indian team as they lost the game against mighty Australians on Sunday, at the Oval in London. Team India will start their next campaign by facing West Indies, starting from July 12. India will go to the Caribbean islands to take part in two Tests, 3 ODIs, and 5 T20Is. BCCI has not declared the team yet and there have been talks going around that a lot of new faces will get a chance while some of the senior members will be rested for the upcoming series.
Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh spoke about the same in a video posted on his YouTube channel and requested the board to give rest to the senior players.
"The seniors have played enough cricket and should be rested. I urge them (the board) to not delay this any further and send a young team to the West Indies," said Harbhajan.
According to the former India spinner, team India should give a shot to the free talents who have performed well in the recently passed IPL 2023.
"I will take Axar as the all-rounder and then the two spinners in [Ravi] Bishnoi and Yuzvendra Chahal. Akash Madhwal had a great IPL and I feel he should be there in the team as well.”
"Shubman Gill will definitely be one of the openers. I would like to see them try Yashasvi Jaiswal as the other opener. He has had an incredible IPL season and has also done well wherever he has got an opportunity. I feel he is ready for the biggest stage”.
"They can even try him in the senior team that's how good he has been. Ruturaj Gaikwad would be my third opener," the former cricketer added.
Players like Akash Madhwal, and Yashasvi Jaiswal have done exceptionally well for their respective teams in the cash-rich league 2023. Jaiswal played for Rajasthan Royals and made 625 runs at a strike rate of 164 while Madhwal picked 14 wickets with an average of 15.64 in the 8 matches he played for Mumbai Indians.