New Delhi: India’s captaincy, even if it is for one match, could not have come at a better time for Ajinkya Rahane as the two Tests against New Zealand could be his last chance of redemption ahead of the big series in South Africa.
However, what has raised eyebrows is how Hanuma Vihari was demoted to India A after being mysteriously dropped for the home series against the Black Caps, where he got a chance to score some decent Test scores. could be found.
with regular captain Virat Kohli resting as part of workload management program And Rohit Sharma too needed a break after a long stay inside the bio-bubble, with the Chetan Sharma-led national selection committee appointing regular vice-captain Rahane as the leader for one game. There was no option.
Despite this fact, in 2021 Rahane appeared in all 11 Test matches in India (including 2 in Australia, 4 in India and WTC final vs New Zealand in England) scoring 372 runs at an average of 19. Significance in India’s Test win at Lord’s was 61.
But there has been a saga of failures before and after, which has led to questions as to how the selectors came to the conclusion that Vihari, whose last attempt for India was a match saver at 23 in Sydney after battling a hamstring , was what should have been the axe.
The choice of Jayant Yadav as a back-up off-spinner in the Test team, or Baba Aparajith over the likes of Mandeep Singh and Sheldon Jackson in India A, may raise the pertinent question whether enough respect has been accorded by this committee when it When it comes to selection of actors in domestic cricket.
PTI has listed some suspicious calls made by the Chetan-Sharma-led committee. The other members of the panel are Debashish Mohanty, Harvinder Singh, Sunil Joshi and Abhay Kuruvilla.
Hardik Pandya back injury issue:
Chetan Sharma told the media that “Hardik Pandya will bowl his full quota of overs” in the IPL leg in UAE. In fact, Pandya did not bowl a single over during the tournament and Virat Kohli later clarified that at some point he is looking at two overs per match during the World Cup.
It is now learned that Hardik played the IPL with a lower back injury (since his back operation in 2019) and was not fit to bowl. Chetan and his committee decided to accede to captain Virat Kohli’s demand to play him as a specialist batsman. The result was the lack of a sixth bowling option apart from the fact that Pandya lost his power-game against the better bowling.
Selecting five spinners and then discarding one
The selectors decided to pick five specialist spinners based on the demands of the then T20 captain and then when they learned that they had cheated by believing the version of Hardik’s fitness status, the next task was to demote Axar Patel to reserve. Karna and Shardul Thakur had to choose. To keep balance in the main squad from reserve. His timing was so “immaculate” that the characters looked sad and spoiled during the IPL play-offs.
Hanuma Vihari got a setback for India A
There was every possibility that Hanuma Vihari would miss the second Test against New Zealand in Mumbai as regular captain Virat Kohli would have returned.
But out of his 12 Tests so far, Vihari has played only one in India and most of his games have been in Australia, West Indies and England in 2018.
The last Test for India was the one where he batted for three and a half hours with a torn hamstring and saved the match by scoring an unbeaten 23 off 161 balls.
If Rahane gets a chance at an average of 19 in 11 Tests, why isn’t Vihari preferred over Shreyas Iyer, who hasn’t played red-ball cricket recently?
The second question is that if Vihari was to be selected for India A, then why was it not made on the day the A team was announced and Prithvi Shaw was selected in that list?
Was it a thought since Shreyas got picked in the Test team or was it pre-decided? Like the BCCI press release which never gives a proper picture, we will not know.
Jayant Yadav back in the mix, Gautam in India
Jayant Yadav is a steady off-spinner and a capable middle-order batsman without being exceptional. He played four Tests in late 2016 and early 2017 before being plagued by injuries.
But taking a closer look at his first-class record in previous years (before COVID-19), Jayant had played eight first-class matches in the earlier two editions of the Ranji Trophy.
He played 2 matches in 2019-20 (the last time Ranji Trophy was held) and bagged 9 wickets against J&K including taking seven wickets. He scored 31 runs.
In the 2018–19 season, he took 147 runs and 10 wickets in six matches with no five-wicket haul. A season before that (2017-18), he missed the Ranji Trophy due to injury.
So the backup of Ravichandran Ashwin is a man who has taken 19 wickets in 8 first-class games with just two wickets per game.
So is our off spin cup board empty? No, we have Krishnappa Gautam, who recently played an ODI in Sri Lanka. He has taken 54 wickets in 11 matches in the last two Ranji Trophy seasons (34 in 6 in 2019-20, 20 in 5 in 2018-19).
If anyone can explain how 19 wickets out of 8 matches are preferred for India and 54 wickets in 11 matches in India A set-up? no explanation.
Baba Aparajit beats Mandeep Singh, Sheldon Jackson
The undefeated, Under-19 India level sensation, has been one of the dependable performers for Tamil Nadu, but the right-hander himself will admit that he is lucky enough to have overlooked the likes of Punjab’s Mandeep Singh or Saurashtra’s Sheldon Jackson. She goes. Selectors year after year.
Taking this as a sample, Aparajith scored 292 runs in 8 matches at an average of 29.20 while Mandeep scored 696 runs in 8 matches at an average of 69.60 in the 2019-20 season. And Sheldon Jackson? Well, he scored 809 runs in 10 matches.
Another top player is not getting his dues @mandeeps12 Forget Team India, not even in India A selectors need to look at the records of some home matches otherwise what’s the point of having a Ranji season. Check out their stats played in the last home season. no cricket in 20/21 due to corona #shockingpic.twitter.com/UotDWxx11
Ranji season 2018/19 scored 854 runs and 2019/2020 scored 809 runs also became Ranji champions that year and this year current form is not selected for India A team yet. The selector can tell him what else he needs to do other than India. scoring runs #Shame@shelljackson27pic.twitter.com/HcwQDwhGsZ
In the 2018-19 season, Sheldon Jackson scored 854 runs in 11 matches while Mandeep Singh scored 602 runs.
So how much did the undefeated score in that season? 379 runs per match in 8 matches for less than 35.
No other wicketkeeper for A tour
The Indian A team will leave for South Africa next week as they play three four-day ‘Tests’ (first-class games) against the Proteas A team from November 23 to December 9.
However, for the 17-day tour, the selectors have announced only one wicketkeeper from Railways’ Upendra Yadav, who has had some good seasons and has a first-class batting average of close to 50.
However, the surprising thing is that there is no second wicketkeeper in the team to tour any other part of the world. India’s number one wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant will play the T20 match and then rest. Ishan Kishan will also play T20 Internationals and hence cannot be selected.
Wriddhiman Saha and KS Bharat will be on test duty. Upendra, who is now ranked fifth in the rankings, is moving to South Africa but not surprisingly as a sixth option for the A tour.
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