"In any case, Vijay is not bowling, so what's the point," asked Harbhajan Singh who is in Birmingham as a television expert
Rishabh Pant
Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan felt that Pant's inclusion will not only provide India with the much-needed X factor, it will also give India the luxury of having a good batsman to beef up the total in case Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli depart early.
However, it is learnt that if at all Vijay is dropped from the side for the Sunday's game against England, the team think-tank will bring in Dinesh Karthik for the No. 4 position.
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