Gautam Gambhir : I believe it's difficult for Yuvraj Singh to make a comeback to the Indian side

Subsequently, the dashing southpaw was left out of the Indian squad for the ongoing ODI series against Sri Lanka as the selectors chose to ‘rest’ him. However, Yuvraj’s former teammate Gambhir has questioned the selection of words used by the National team selectors.

 “I don’t think ‘rest’ is the right word because he (Yuvraj) hasn’t played any cricket for quite a while and he would be wanting to play. If you want to see him at the World Cup, he should be given the maximum opportunity. Because, someone like Yuvraj, you want him in that flow, you want him in that rhythm. You can’t have someone like him playing in one series and resting thereafter,” Gambhir told Cricinfo.

The decision to omit Yuvraj for the ongoing series was taken by Chairman of the Selection Committee, MSK Prasad when the squad was announced last Sunday. However, Prasad said that Yuvraj had not been dropped rather ‘rested’ as a part of a new ‘policy’ which puts a premium on a player’s fitness, but Gambhir did not buy the argument given that Yuvraj had time to rest during the recently concluded Test series.