Unmukt Chand reacts after the USA has directly qualified for the T20 World 2024
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Most cricket fans would have known that the Delhi-born Unmukt Chand has moved to the United States of America (USA) and has joined their national team ahead of the upcoming mega event, T20 World Cup 2024.
And, according to the reports from other sources, the USA will be directly qualified for the T20 World Cup which will be their first-ever appearance in the history of the Gentlemen's game.
It was officially confirmed by the 29-year-old on his official Instagram handle and by the USA Cricket handle as well.
Unmukt Chand shared the post about USA Cricket in his story which was quoted as "Huge News!!! The ICC has today confirmed automatic qualification for #TeamUSA as co-host of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 alongside West Indies!!"
T20 is almost like a Football game, says Ravichandran Ashwin
We all know the incident when Ravichandran Ashwin got out in a different way which was stated as "Retired Out" which has made the cricket world think about it.
The right-arm off-spinner has opened up about that incident in a recent interaction with Cricbuzz, saying, "It was an in-the-moment thing. It’s a team game that we often forget in the euphoria.
But then it’s an important aspect of the game we haven’t considered. T20 is more a team game than we all know. It is almost as much as football.
The goal scorers are like your opening batter or wicket-takers. But they are worth it only if your goalkeeper or defenders are ready to do what it takes," Ashwin was quoted as saying by CricTracker.
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Moreover, the Director of Cricket of Rajasthan Royals, Kumar Sangakkara has also shared a few words about the decision taken by the legendary off-spinner and said, "Ashwin himself was asking from the field as well, and we had discussed it just before that, as to what we would do," Sangakkara was quoted as same as in CricTracker.
"I thought the way Ashwin handled that situation, walking in (in the 10th over) under pressure, the way he batted to support the team.
And then finally, (he) sacrificed himself in terms of being retired out, (which) was just magnificent. And then he went out in the field and backed it up with an excellent, excellent bowling effort," he further explained.
Here is the picture shared by Unmukt Chand on his Instagram handle: