Published 18:11 IST, October 27th 2020
Harbhajan Singh lashes out at BCCI selectors once again for snubbing Suryakumar Yadav
Harbhajan Singh has slammed the selectors for ignoring Mumbai star Suryakumar Yadav for the Australia tour despite the 30-year-old's consistent performances.
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selectors anunced a 32-man India squ for Australia tour starting next month Down Under. While Dream11 IPL 2020's top performers like Varun Cahkravarthy got called up to side, Mumbai star Suryakumar Yav missed out on a spot despite consistent performances over years. 30-year-old's exclusion surprised former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh, who urged selectors to take ar look at his stellar record.
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Harbhajan Singh surprised at Suryakumar Yav's exclusion from India squ for Australia tour
Suryakumar Yav was a surprise absentee from India's squ to face Australia Down Under, despite consistently punching above his weight in domestic circuit and in IPL. Mumbai star has amassed over 1,100 runs in last three seasons of IPL, including 283 runs in 11 innings this season. Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh took to Twitter to slam BCCI selectors for omitting Suryakumar Yav from squ.
veteran off-spinner, who backed out of Dream11 IPL 2020, claimed that Yav h been performing well in very Ranji and IPL season, but re are different rules in place for different people. Harbhajan requested selectors to take ar look at 30-year-old's record.
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Former Indian batsman Maj Tiwary also took to Twitter to express his surprise at omission of Suryakumar Yav and Axar Patel. Tiwary said that duo was unlucky to miss out on national team squ despite ir consistent performances over time. Bengal legend mentioned that years down line few cosy people will mention that both Axar and Surya were unlucky to be born in this generation, whereas y could have easily played alongside ir competitors.
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Both Axar and Surya will hope to continue ir good form in later sts of Dream11 IPL 2020, with Delhi and Mumbai on brink of playoff qualification. While Mumbai are chasing a fifth title triumph, Delhi are chasing ir first-ever championship and will bank on Axar Patel to deliver goods.
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India squ for Australia tour
- ODI Squ: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain & wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur
- T20I Squ: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy
- Test Squ: Virat Kohli (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yav, Ravindra Jeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj
(Im Courtesy: Mumbai Instagram)
18:11 IST, October 27th 2020