From Sarfaraz Khan To Rinku Singh, Here Are The Indian Players Who Suffered BCCI Politics In IND vs WI Squad Selections

Published - 02 Jul 2023, 06:06 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:15 AM

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From Sarfaraz Khan To Rinku Singh, Here Are The Indian Players Who Suffered BCCI Politics In IND vs WI Squad Selections. India is set to tour West Indies for a Test, ODI, and T20I series. The Test and ODI squads have been announced by the BCCI with Rohit Sharma leading both sides.

The tour comprises two Tests, three ODIs, and five T20I matches. The Test series is a part of the World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle.

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The two Test matches will be played in Dominica (1st Test July 12-16) and Trinidad (and Test July 20-24). The IND vs WI ODI series will take place after the Test series. The three ODI games are scheduled to be played on July 27, 29, and August 1. The first two ODIs will be played in Barbados and the third one in Trinidad.

The five-match T20I series will follow the three ODI matches. The five-match series will be played from August 3 to 13. The first game will be played in Trinidad, the next two in Guyana, and the final two T20IS in Lauderhill, Florida.

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Rohit Sharma is set to lead both the ODI and T20I squads as veteran players have been backed in the Test squad. There were some questionable omissions from both the ODI and Test squads as the management was criticized. In this article, we take a look at five players who were not picked for both the Test and ODI squads.

From Sarfaraz Khan To Rinku Singh, Here Are The Indian Players Who Suffered BCCI Politics In IND vs WI Squad Selections

Sarfaraz Khan

Sarfaraz Khan
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The Mumbai batter took a dig at the selection committee after he was snubbed again from the Indian test side. The batter averages around 80 in First-Class cricket and despite him scoring tons of runs in domestic cricket, he failed to get a chance in the squad.

Former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar among many others questioned his omission from the Indian Test squad. A BCCI official clarified that Sarfaraz’s omission was down to his lack of fitness and some disciplinary actions in response to his non-selection. He has scored nearly 4000 runs in just 37 FC games with 13 hundreds and nine-fifties.

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Abhimanyu Easwaran

Abhimanyu Easwaran BCCI
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Easwaran was also snubbed from the Indian Test squad. The Bengal batsman has also scored tons of runs in domestic cricket. He has scored over 6600 runs in FC cricket with 22 hundreds and 27 fifties. He averages nearly 50 in the format and is well experienced to now make his debut in the senior team.

THe clarified that there was no communication from BCCI as he was snubbed from the Indian Test squad. Easwaran is all set to lead the East Zone in the Duleep Trophy which will be played in Bengaluru from June 28 to July 16. He will once again try to impress the selectors by scoring runs in the tournament for a place in the national side.

Rinku Singh

Rinku Singh KKR
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Rinku Singh’s heroics in IPL 2023 was the only positive from yet another disappointing season for the Kolkata Knight Riders. He was the top-scorer for the side ending up with 474 runs in 14 matches. He scored four fifties this season all coming in chases. Rinku brought KKR back into the games from seemingly impossible situations.

He was very much the lone ranger in the KKR squad. Former Indian cricketers voiced his inclusion in the Indian ODI squad for the West Indies tour and also the Asia Cup. However, he was snubbed from the ODI side for the WI tour. It will be interesting to see if he is selected in India’s Asia Cup 2023 suad. Rinku averages 58.38 across 41 FC games.

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Arshdeep Singh

Arshdeep Singh No-Ball
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The young pacer did not find a spot in any of the squads. He is currently playing country cricket for Kent and played a big part in his team’s victory over Northamptonshire in the ongoing season of the County Championship.

He played his last ODI for India on November 30, 2022, and his last T20I for the national side in February 2023. He picked 17 wickets in 14 games this IPL season including a four-fer. The left-arm pacer should be kept in contention for Asia Cup and ODI World Cup squads given that he swings the ball up front.

Kuldeep Yadav

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Kuldeep Yadav was selected for the Indian ODI team but not the Test team. He has been a victim of poor man management by the BCCI. He played his last ODI against Australia in Chennai and his last Test match against Bangladesh in Chittagong.

The chinaman bowler was dropped despite picking up 8 wickets in the Test match. His sudden snub from the Test team back then raised many questions about whether the management intentionally dropped some players.

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