Mahesh Bhupathi surprised at Leander Paesā exclusion for David Cup tie in Kolkata
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Mahesh Bhupathi has stated that Leander Paes should have been in the team for the Davis Cup tie against Italy due to his expertise on grass-court in Kolkata. Bhupathi has slammed for the archial selection process and said that the captain should be consulted during the selection meetings.
Italy, on paper, is much stronger than the hosts in every department, having players like Marco Cecchinato, Andreas Seppi
āHonestly, if I were consulted in
āFirstly, the AITA needs to find a way to involve whoever is the captain in the selection process. You canāt have the selectors sitting behind closed doors and then handing over a set of players to the captain and saying āgo winā on a particular surface where they donāt even know whether half the players are left-handed or right-handed. This process has to be changed because everybody is trying to win the tieā¦ things have to evolve if we are to take the next step.ā
While
āItās a misconception fuelled by āsourcesā who donāt have the guts to speak out. Rohan is open to playing with anyone he has to play with. They played against China and won. If he didnāt want to play with him, he wouldnāt have played the China tie,ā Bhupathi said.
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