Yuzvendra Chahal’s wife Dhanashree Verma post emotional message after leggie’s T20 World Cup snub

India picked five spin options in Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel, and Rahul Chahar and left out Yuzvendra Chahal.

India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (left) with wife Dhanashree Verma. (Source: Twitter)

A day after leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was not included in India’s 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2021, his wife, and choreographer Dhanashree Verma posted a cryptic message about the same. Chahal has been India’s leading wicket-taker in T20Is with 63 wickets in 49 matches at an average of 25.30 and an economy rate of 8.32.

But on Wednesday (September 8), his name was not there in the squad for the showpiece event. India picked five spin options in Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel, and Rahul Chahar. After the announcement, people on social media have been left surprised by Chahal’s exclusion from the squad for the T20 World Cup.

Through her stories on Instagram, Dhanashree wrote, “Maa Kehti hai ki ye Waqt bhee guzar jana hai. Sar Utha ke jiyo kyuiki Hunar aur ache karm hamesha sath dete hai. Toh ji baat aisi hai ki yeh waqt bhi Guzar jaana hai. God is always great.”

It translates as, “Mother says that this phase too shall pass. Live with your head held high as talent and good deeds are always going along. The thing is that this phase too shall pass.”

When asked over the rationale to exclude Chahal, former India pacer and chairman of selection panel Chetan Sharma said they needed a spinner who is quicker and finds grip off the surface, which got Chahar the nod ahead of Chahal.

“You want a spinner who can deliver with more speed. Recently we have seen Rahul Chahar bowling with speed. The selectors' view was we need a spinner who can find the grip off the surface on the wickets and deliver with slightly more speed. While we had a lot of discussion on Chahal, we eventually went with Rahul Chahar,” Sharma said in the virtual interaction.

Chahal will now be seen in action for the Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the second leg of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in UAE, resuming from September 19.

(with IANS inputs)