Windies vs India 2018: Harbhajan Singh Questions Rohit Sharma's Exclusion from the Squad

Updated - 01 Oct 2018, 07:00 PM

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Rohit Sharma. Credit: Getty Images.

Team India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has questioned the exclusion of Rohit Sharma from team India for the two-match Test series against Windies.

Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma showed good form in the recently concluded Asia Cup. He was the second highest run-scorer of the side after Shikhar Dhawan. He led the side the side in the absence of Virat Kohli and amassed 317 runs in five matches at an average of 105.67.

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Rohit Sharma. Getty Images

Rohit last played a Test for India against South Africa in January earlier this year. The right-hander struggled to get going against the Proteas, scoring a total of 78 runs in four innings at an average of 19.50.

Rohit Sharma’s underwhelming show saw him dropped for India’s one-off Test against Afghanistan. However, a good performance in UAE would have raised hopes of a Test call-up, however, the selectors thought otherwise and decided to give youngsters a chance

Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh. Credit: Getty Images

Rohit Sharma made his debut in the longest format in 2013. Since then, the 31-year-old has played only 25 Tests for India, scoring 1,479 runs at a healthy average of 39.97.

Harbhajan Singh questions the exclusion of Rohit Sharma

The Punjab born off-spinner asked reasons from the selectors the reason behind the exclusion of the talismanic scorer. He also seemed in utter shock and admitted that he cannot digest the decision.

No @ImRo45 in test team against West Indies..what r the selectors thinking actually??? Anyone have a clue ??? plz let me know as I can’t digest this,” the tweet read.

Rajkot will host the first Test between India and Windies starting from October 4 while the second Test will commence from October 12 at Hyderabad.

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