Ajit Agarkar has rubbished concerns over Virat Kohli's strike rate ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup and Rohit Sharma hinted that there may be a trump card lurking in the selection of four spinners. At a joint media conference in Mumbai on Wednesday, the chairman of the selection committee and India captain have also dismissed any worry about Hardik Pandya's fitness or form and felt sorry for Rinku Singh. "It's probably the toughest thing that we've had to discuss, frankly. I mean, he's done nothing wrong, nor has Shubman Gill, for that matter. It's a combination [thing]. We're not quite sure what conditions we'll get, so we wanted to try and have enough options," Agarkar said. Rinku has been a prolific scorer at the international level with 356 runs at an average of 89 and strike rate of 176 in the 11 times he got to bat. The chief selector was at pains to explain that the decision was difficult but unavoidable. Rohit admitted that the selection of four spinners - Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal - was his choice but refused to disclose the rationale behind it. "The reason for four spinners is actually this, which I'm not going to say in public now. I won't say it now, but I'll definitely say it there (during the World Cup). The match starts at probably 10 in the morning. So, yeah, there's a little bit of technical aspect involved in this," Rohit said, leaving the matter to interpretation. "I wanted four spinners for sure, and three seamers (Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Siraj and Hardik being the fourth one. So you get that balance of seamers as well. And then, you know, the spinners as well." Agarkar gave no credence to the suggestions that there is a worry about Kohli's strike rate, something that has been debated at different levels, particularly in post PowerPlay overs. Kohli had been leading the IPL batting charts till recently (currently No 2) and is striking close to 150. "I don't think we've been discussing it yet, no. Look, he's been in great form," Agarkar said of the star batter's performance in the IPL, as Rohit dismissively smiled at the query. Hardik Pandya's bowling and batting form has been below par. He has not bowled four overs in many games for MI and contributed only 197 in 10 games with the bat. But Agarkar gave a thumbs-up to the all-rounder saying he was the unanimous choice for vice-captaincy. "I think he is coming after a longish layoff. The good part that we have looked at is he has gotten through all the games so far for MI and we have got another month and a little bit till we play our first game. So we know he is doing that and the hope is that he keeps building on that form." The selectors have left out KL Rahul for the wicketkeeping, a role for which he was the first choice even when a regular keeper was in the XI. Rahul has also been the highest scorer among the contenders for the position but the chief selector felt the experience of Sanju Samson in the late order clinched the debate for him. Rahul has only been opening in the IPL. KL is a terrific player. We were looking at someone who bats in the middle. At the moment, he is batting at the top. Sanju, we like to believe he has the ability to come down the order, if need be. RIshabh (Pant) is batting down the order for Delhi Capitals. It's about the slots we needed. We felt these two are better and have spent more time down the order which might be needed at the World Cup," Agarkar elaborated. Meanwhile, Rohit was philosophical about being replaced as the captain of Mumbai Indians side. "It's part of life," he said. "Not everything will go your way. It's been a good experience (plying under Pandya). Earlier in my life, I was not captain and played under a lot of captains. It's nothing new to me. Whatever is there is there. You go by whatever is required from you as a player. I have only tried to do so in the last one month," the all-format India captain said of the experience of playing under Pandya at Mumbai Indians.