Rishabh Pant or Dinesh Karthik? Irfan Pathan picks his choice as he names ideal T20 World Cup XI for India

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selected the 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup 2022. There were no surprises in the squad, with the biggest plus point being the returns of Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel due to injury.

The two wicketkeeper batsmen that have been selected in the team are Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik, and it is more than likely that only one of the two can find a place in the starting XI. According to former India pace bowler Irfan Pathan while naming the batting order of his playing XI went in for Karthik instrad of Pant because of his role as a finisher.

"See, in my opinion, if you're playing the first match, you need to have some experienced bowlers including one spinner. So, from the top, my playing 11 would be - Rohit, KL Rahul, number three - Virat (Kohli), number four - Suryakumar Yadav, number five - Deepak Hooda, number six - Hardik Pandya, number seven - Dinesh Karthik, number eight will be a right arm leg spinner so it would be (Yuzvendra) Chahal, 9 to 11, here there will be Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel and along with that you can go for Bhuvneshwar Kumar," Irfan Pathan said in an interaction Star Sports.

Irfan Pathan also reckoned that he can accomodate Arshdeep Singh too into the playing XI. "So, there will be a combination here, three fast bowlers out of which two are quality fast bowlers, who will be able to bowl at the death as well. And I will make sure that I have the combination and the liberty to choose from the three fast bowlers, even Arshdeep (Singh) to handle the death bowling So, in my opinion, in the playing 11, the spinner is clear, it's just whether I can make space for Arshdeep in the team," he added