Former Indian all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin has opined that India must bring in Axar Patel for the Super 8 match against Zimbabwe of the ongoing T20 World Cup. In the last two games against the Netherlands and South Africa, India has preferred Washington Sundar ahead of Axar Patel.

Ashwin said the Men in Blue can also think of bringing Sanju Samson into the playing XI. Samson had scored a little cameo of 22 runs off just eight balls against Namibia when Abhishek Sharma was ruled out with a stomach infection. 

India suffered a heavy loss of 76 runs against the Proteas and thus they need to win their next two games against Zimbabwe and the West Indies.

“At the end of this defeat, I cannot think what they will do. They can think of many things. You have to bring Axar back. Playing in Chennai, they may think of another spinner and Kuldeep. They might think of Sanju Samson, as there are talks about Tilak and Abhishek. But if we can keep things stable, these thoughts will not come. In such a campaign, I am not saying do not make changes for people who are not in form, but if you keep making changes, there will be doubt within the dressing room,” Ashwin said on ‘Ash ki Baat’.

The former off-spinner said India must improve and find solutions after their heavy loss against South Africa.

“It is time to find solutions. We think solutions are made by making changes. No. Players will find solutions themselves if there is stability in the team. We have to keep the environment such that players feel stable and think for themselves and bring in solutions. We cannot think of always making changes. They will go into insecurity otherwise,” he stated.

India will next take on Zimbabwe at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, on Thursday.