"Is he the individual who is going to win you the World Cup?" Matthew Hayden on Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli was selected as a part of India's T20 World Cup campaign after much debate in regards to his spot. The Indian batter is currently the leading run getter in IPL, with over 500 runs. Former Australian cricketer Matthew Hayden believes that BCCI should pick players according to if they can win the World Cup or not. For instance, he stated that the Australian philosophy over the past three decades has been simple which is to pick players who can win you titles, and not just going by the name.

From an Australian cricket point of view, our philosophy is pretty simple. We pick not the names or the icons but select those who are going to win you the World Cup. We've got our own debates on our front. David Warner… should he go? We've had our challenges and I think we have been very good over the last 20 or even 30 years to actually think what is the side that is going to win," he said on the Star Sports Press Room Show.

"This Virat Kohli discussion is probably the primary discussion here. Is he the individual who is going to win you the World Cup? I mean, his last ODI World Cup was a fantastic campaign. He has got nothing wrong with his statistics, historically no matter what tournament he plays. So the challenge from mine is his experience vs the young impetus that is required to play great World Cup cricket."