If he was part of World Cup squad, we would have won the tournament: Suresh Raina on India batsman

The greatest conundrum heading into the 2019 Cricket World Cup was the no.four spot. India had tried a amount of batsmen in that place earlier than 2019, with nobody succesful of stamp his authority. Only one participant was given an prolonged run in the place and it was Ambati Rayudu. He was furthermore scoring runs for his side and it appeared like Ambati Rayudu was lock-in for the squad after being the hottest completely different for Team India for the final one 12 months.

But the MSK Prasad-led choice committee sprung up a shock as quickly as they omitted Rayudu from the squad and picked Vijay Shankar in its place. It led to so much of controversy with many feeling that Rayudu was wronged in the state of affairs.

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Then Rayudu posted a sarcasm-laden ‘3D’ tweet which led to widespread debate on social media. The no.four slot in the finish turned out to be India’s Achilles heel at the World Cup as they bowed in the semis to New Zealand.

Suresh Raina, who merely at present retired from worldwide cricket, furthermore reckons that Rayudu was the most fitted alternative for India at the quantity 4 slot and even believes the Men in Blue would have won the World Cup if he was in the squad.

“I wanted Rayudu to be India’s number four because he was working very hard, playing [for] almost one and a half years. He performed really well and he wasn’t there. I didn’t enjoy the tour in 2018 because of the circumstances where Rayudu failed his fitness test. It didn’t feel good that I was picked as he failed,” Raina was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.

“He was good at number four. If he was part of the squad for the World Cup, we would have won the tournament. Rayudu was the best choice and as it’s the way he plays the game in the CSK. And he was batting really well in the camp in Chennai,” he added.

Vijay Shankar and Rishabh Pant, who had been chosen to play in the middle-order, couldn’t do fairly a bit in the match as the related place turned out to be the weak spot for India at the World Cup.