"Performing Well In IPL...": Ex-India Star's Big Message To T20 World Cup Hopefuls
Irfan Pathan, the former India left-arm fast-bowler, believes performances from certain players in the ongoing IPL 2024 season shouldn't guarantee anyone's automatic selection for the upcoming Men's T20 World Cup happening in the West Indies and USA from June 1. Pathan was replying to the notion of recency bias being a factor in India's squad selection for the T20 World Cup. "I was part of the Indian team when Cheeka sir (Krishnamachari Srikkanth) was a selector. I got injured and was dropped from the team after that, despite having played for India. No, no, that's the truth. But I'll tell you, I have no qualms at all. I have great respect for him, but I'm saying, at that time, the situation was different. The mindset, perhaps of the captain or the selection committee, was different.