Reports: Indian selectors didnât bother informing players about their exclusion from Test squad
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Despite the stories floating in media over the last week concerning the Test squad selection of the ongoing Windies series, reports now confirm that BCCI didnât think it necessary to inform the players about their exclusion. Murali Vijay and Karun Nair had questioned BCCIâs communication policy.
Indiaâs Asia Cup triumph was immediately followed by a scandal that has seen few players, some willing to be quoted while some not, going against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to reveal that the MSK Prasad-led selection committee didnât inform them about their exclusion from the Test squad.Â
Among the major names missing out of the squad were openers
âSomeone is clearly not telling the truth here. Now, either itâs the players or itâs the selectors. If they (BCCI/CoA) want to understand this better, why not just make the captain, coach, the senior cricketers and selectors sit across the table and hear them out? It'll be immediately clear who is lying and who is not,â said sources close to the thick of things, reported TOI.
âIt took a Mayank Agarwal forever to find a place in the Test squad despite all the scoring he did in the domestic circuit. But all that the selector is bothered with is in conveying that cricketers are being communicated with. Thatâs not the case,â added the sources.
While Tamil Nadu batsman Vijay would now be leading the India âAâ team to crawl his way back into the national team, Dhawanâs future in Test cricket is looking bleak. While Sharma could still make a comeback in the side, Nair has already put down in the pecking order following Hanuma Vihariâs heroics in England.