India vs Windies 2018: Five Players Who Didn't Get a Chance

Five Players Who Didn’t Get a Chance; The BCCI, on Thursday, announced a 14-man squad for the first two ODIs against the Windies, and now we have a look at the five players who didn’t get a chance in the team.

Meanwhile, a few players got rested for the Windies ODIs including Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah. Also, players like Kedar Jadhav and Hardik Pandya missed out on the cut because of respective injuries. Ace all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin didn’t get a chance as well.

However, India won the first Test convincingly by an innings and 272 runs and the second Test match will commence on October 12 (Friday) in Hyderabad. Moreover, after the five-match ODI series, which begins on October 21st, India will also play three T20Is against the Windies.

Here are the five players who didn’t get a chance to be in the ODI squad for India:

Deepak Chahar

Team India right-hand pacer, Deepak Chahar didn’t get a chance to add himself in the ODI squad against the Windies. Recently, he is playing for Rajasthan in the Vijay Hazare Trophy where he managed to pick up only two wickets from four matches.

Moreover, Chahar also played for India A where he looked pretty good and bagged with six wickets from four matches. However, he couldn’t put up some great show in recent past; thus the team management didn’t think of him while making a call for selection.

Mayank Agarwal

The 27-year-old batsman didn’t get the opportunity to get the ODI cap for India. Recently he played a brilliant knock of 90 runs against the Windies in the practice match. Moreover, Mayank was quite impressive while he played for India B and he scored a century and a half-century from four games.

Meanwhile, Mayank Agarwal is recently associated with Karnataka where he scored 112 runs from three matches that includes a half-century against Mumbai. The right-hand batsman couldn’t impress the selection team with his overall performance and was not getting selected in the ODI squad.

Dinesh Karthik

The wicket-keeper batsman had played some decent cricket in the recent Asia Cup 2018 in the UAE. Though Dinesh couldn’t convert his runs into bigger ones, he played some exceptional cricket in Dubai. Recently, the wicketkeeper-batsman also played two Test matches against England but failed to score much for his team.

Moreover, Rishabh Pant got picked instead of Karthik. Now, the 33-year old batsman needs to put some effort and score runs to get a place in the ODI squad for the next year’s World Cup in England.

Krunal Pandya

The all-rounder has played some fantastic cricket for Baroda in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy. Krunal Pandya played brilliantly with the bat along with the leather. The left-arm spinner picked up 11 wickets from seven matches which included a five-for against Goa.

Moreover, Pandya piled up 274 runs from the tournament, but the selectors didn’t pick him up in the ODI squad.

Siddarth Kaul

The 28-year old recently bagged twelve wickets from four matches including a five-wicket haul in the Vijay Hazare Trophy for Punjab. However, Siddarth Kaul is playing as the backbone for Punjab team.

The pacer played only three matches for India where he couldn’t impress the management team, as he didn’t pick up a single wicket to his name. He was thus not selected in the ODI squad.