The players saw the return Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli ODI team and appoint Suryakumar Yadav As the new T20I captain. Notably absent from the T20I line-up are Ruturaj Gaikwad and Abhishek Sharma, despite their impressive performances in the recent series against Zimbabwe.
Gaikwad scored outstanding scores of 7, 77 and 49 in the three innings against Zimbabwe.
although Linku SinghDespite calls for him to join, he once again missed the ODI call-up but remained in the T20I team.
former indian batsman Subramaniam Badrinath Criticism of Gaikwad and Linku’s omission from these squads suggested that factors unrelated to performance may have influenced the selection.
“Sometimes, when Rinku Singh, Ruturaj Gaikwad and others are not selected for the Indian team, it seems you need a bad guy image. It seems you need to be in a relationship with some Bollywood actress, have a good media manager, have tattoos,” Badri Nath said in the viral video, which was originally in Tamil and translated by social media users.
Badrinath expressed his displeasure in the Cric vs. Badri debate, which generated widespread discussion online. His comments reveal his dissatisfaction with an unfair selection process that ignores merit in favor of a certain image.
BCCI’s selection decisions remain a subject of debate as the cricketing fraternity is scrutinizing the possible reasons behind the selections. The absence of players like Gaikwad and Linku will continue to be a point of contention among fans and pundits as the team heads to Sri Lanka.
