Gambhir lashes out at selectors: Veteran Indian opening batsman has lashed out at the selectors for not giving enough changes to youngsters.
There is no hiding to the fact that the selectors of the Indian cricket team have lacked at being consistent with both their words and them making selection calls. In which is not the first time that someone has criticized them openly, veteran India batsman Gautam Gambhir has become the latest one to do so.
Known for his outspoken nature, Gambhir lashed out at the selectors for the way they handled Mayank Agarwal of late. Perhaps in the form of his life, Agarwal has been belting runs across formats and conditions without getting a chance to play at the highest level.
While Agarwal was named in the two-match Test series against Windies, he was subsequently dropped (without being given a chance) from the team which was to tour Australia. On being asked about the same, Gambhir referred the whole incident to be ‘unfortunate’.
“The most unfortunate one is someone like Mayank Agarwal who had scored so many runs in domestic cricket. If you had selected him for the West Indies series and then without given him the opportunity you drop him for the Australia tour. Then you are telling everyone including him that you are only good in subcontinent conditions and not for Australian conditions. I think that is very unfortunate,” Gambhir was quoted.
The other case which Gambhir talked about was of Murali Vijay, someone with whom he has opened in the past. The 34-year old right-hand opening batsman was dropped midway from the tour of England. While Vijay was not part of the team against Windies, he has been named in the series against Australia, something which again makes little sense.
Gambhir was of the opinion that the selectors should stop playing ‘musical chairs’ with the players. “If you wanted to take Murali Vijay in the Australia series, then he shouldn’t have been dropped from England series,” Gambhir said about Vijay.
“And if you had dropped him from the playing XI, Vijay should have been taken for the West Indies series. You did not keep him in the West Indies series and had Mayank Agarwal instead. Now you have brought back Murali Vijay and sent Mayank with India A.
“This is very unfortunate for a young player. If you are a good player you are good in every condition. So I feel selectors should bring about a clarity and stop playing musical chair with players,” Gambhir added.
Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on Gambhir below:
Yuvraj seems to be at least half as good as Pujara in long format…takes 29 deliveries to get off the mark. Gambhir making his life hell with some really close fielding. But good thing is Yuvraj is taking his time…which is a bad sign for Delhi. @Wahcricketlive #ranjitrophy
— G. S. Vivek (@GSV1980) November 28, 2018
Gambhir used to troll MS as well with close fielders in IPL https://t.co/oaDbzwrCep
— Proud baboon (@MadMart05) November 28, 2018
dear Avinash…i know who is captaining Delhi on paper…and exactly who is setting the field on the ground because I am at the game watching…so informed you all that Gambhir took special interest in trapping Yuvraj with close settings.
— G. S. Vivek (@GSV1980) November 28, 2018
