Five Deserving Players Who Didn't Get a Chance in ODI Squad against England

The Indian team is set to jet off to England for three-T20I, as many ODIs and five Test match series. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)  announced the squad for the limited-over series a couple of days back.

However, there are some players who were unfortunate to miss out on the opportunity.

We take a look at five players whose name could have been pondered upon by the selection committee.

We will select the five deserving players who could have made the cut into the ODI squad on account of their IPL and Domestic season performance.

Let’s take a look at these five players.

5. Sandeep Sharma

Sandeep Sharma can swing the ball both ways. Thus, a right-hander bowler would have been useful in the English conditions as the ball is known to move a lot in England.

Th swing bowler has scalped seven wickets in the six matches he has thus far played for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2018. Moreover, the medium pacer has the best economy rate of 5.26 in the ongoing season.

4. Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav has done a fine job while batting in the top order for the Mumbai Indians. The right-hander has scored 399 runs in the ten matches he has played for the defending champions.

Yadav is playing a major role in providing a perfect platform to the Mumbai side. The Mumbai batsman is yet to receive an opportunity in the Indian squad.

3. Mayank Agarwal

Agarwal was in fine form in the Domestic season.

Though Mayank Agarwal hasn’t performed to the best of his ability in the ongoing Indian Premier League, yet his domestic form cannot get overlooked. The right-hander was in prolific touch in the previous domestic season, as he scored runs in every game he played.

Mayank Agarwal has also got off to decent starts in the 11th edition of the IPL. However, the Karnataka batsman hasn’t able to convert his starts into substantial scores.

2. Rishabh Pant 

Rishabh Pant is in fine form in the ongoing season of IPL. The southpaw batsman is known to hit the ground running from the word go. The wicketkeeper-batsman has scored 393 runs in the ten matches he has played.

Pant has shown aggressive approach from the word get-go. However, as MS Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik got named in the 15-man squad for the England ODIs, there was no place for the 20-year old youngster.

1. Ankit Rajpoot

Ankit Rajpoot has impressed with his fine sharp bounce and pace. The fast bowler was also able to scalp the only fifer of the ongoing IPL thus far. Rajpoot has scalped eight wickets in the five matches.

Ankit had travelled to South Africa to help prepare them before the Test series. The Lanky fast bowler extracts good bounce from the pitch because of his height.