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Shane Warne slams Australian selectors for refurbishing ODI squad

Dixit Bhargav
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Shane Warne slams Australian selectors

Shane Warne slams Australian selectors: Legendary Australian spinner passes major criticism on ODI squad selected for India series.

Australia announced a 14-member squad for the ODI series against India in the morning. The astonishing squad comprised of nine exclusions and seven inclusions from the last ODI which Australia played against South Africa in November.

The development left the Australian fans and many former cricketers shell-shocked for witnessing so many unanticipated changes less than six months before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 was hard to digest.

Among some of the former cricketers who opposed the ODI squad was Shane Warne, Michael Clarke and Dean Jones.

“Just saw the Aust ODI squad that was announced & was absolutely staggered at some of the players that were left out & some of the inclusions – they don’t make any sense whatsoever,” Warne’s tweet read after the team was announced. He went on to mention his playing XI and asked people for their thoughts.

 

After a few minutes, Warner posted another tweet on the same lines, calling the recent selection processes as ‘ridiculous’.

It was at this point in time that Clarke and Jones agreed with Warne, expressing their individual opinions on the same.

Whether the current selection committee’s (comprising of Trevor Horns, Greg Chappell and Head Coach Justin Langer) decision come good in the ODI series starting from January 12 will be known in the times to come, but for now, the squad looks unconvincing on paper.

Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on Warne’s tweet below:

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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