Hope Ganguly changes selection panel, need strong people: Harbhajan Singh

Veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is hoping that BCCI President Sourav Ganguly will "change" current selection panel and bring "strong people" on board. 39-year-old was reacting to wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson being dropped from Indian T20 squad without getting a game in recent home series against Bangladesh.

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'Are y testing his batting or heart?'

"I guess y r testing his heart #selectionpanelneedtobechanged need strong people re.. hope dada @SGanguly99 will do needful," he tweeted. Harbhajan quoted a tweet from Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who represents Thiruvananthapuram in Lok Sabha, to make his point. Tharoor had expressed disappointment at 25-year-old Kerala player t getting an opportunity. "Very disappointed to see @IamSanjuSamson dropped without a chance. He carried drinks for three T20Is & has been promptly discarded. Are y testing his batting or his heart?" he asked.

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current selection panel is headed by MSK Prasad, who played six Tests and 17 ODIs for India, and comprises Devang Gandhi, Jatin Pranjpe, Sarandeep Singh and Gagan Khoda. Samson has scored 112 runs from four games he played for Kerala in ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy National T20 Championship. He played his only T20 International in 2015 against Zimbabwe.

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