"I don't care who gets dropped," Harbhajan Singh wants India to include this player in World Cup playing XI

Harbhajan Singh picked India's "ace of spades" ahead of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.

Team India have been on a phenomenal run in the last few outings. They won Asia Cup 2023, comprehensively beating Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the competition. Then, they thrashed Australia in the first of three ODIs at home, that too without their senior players playing in the games. India checked almost all the boxes to get prepared for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at home.

Being hosts, everyone believes that India are one of the top four in the competition, and their current form indicates the same. Indian team will also be desperate, as they haven't won any ICC tournament since 2013, when MS Dhoni led the team to Champions Trophy. But the last time India hosted the World Cup in 2011, they won it. Hence, many former cricketers are giving their opinions and suggestions to the team.

"Surykaumar Yadav has to play all the matches"- Harbhajan Singh picks India's X factor in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

Former Indian off-spinner Harbhjan Singh has also suggested India and named a player that can be the X factor in the World Cup. Notably, with the current performances, India have developed a headache of selection, especially in the middle-order. KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, and Suryakumar Yadav are fighting for three available spots. Rahul and Iyer are certain, and it will be a toss-up between Ishan and SKY.

Harbhajan Singh feels that India should play Suryakumar in all the games because he brings that X-factor to the batting lineup. Bhajji said, "Surykaumar Yadav has to play all the matches. I don't care whom he replaces, but his name should be taken first and then the rest. You have a player who is a pure match winner and can single-handedly make the game one-sided. He is the ace of spades. We have been talking about a finisher; he is the one. He has to play at No. 5 for India."

Ahead of the ODI series, Sky was struggling with his form in ODIs. But he has made a remarkable comeback with two consecutive half-centuries in two ODIs. He scored 50 off 49 balls in the first game in a chase and then smashed a 24-ball fifty in the second ODI. But with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Hardik Pandya coming back into the team for the third ODI, it will be interesting to see who from the middle-order will make the way for them.