Published 21:32 IST, June 24th 2024

'I wish I had a paid...': IPL 2024-winning Indian cricketer reacts to another snub for IND vs ZIM

BCCI announced Team India's squad for the tour of Zimbabwe in July. And IPL 2024 winning Indian cricketer reacted to his omission.

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KKR in IPL 2024 | Image: BCCI/IPL
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Team India’s squ for tour to Zimbabwe has been announced on Monday as Shubhman Gill is named as captain of side. India’s squ includes much emphasis on youth as players like Nitish Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed picked for squ.

With India’s main team certainly resting post ir involvement in T20 World Cup 2024. A glaring omission of IPL 2024 winning cricketer with Kolkata Knight Riders raised a lot of eyebrows. And as it turns out cricketer reacted to yet anor snub and took a sly dig at indian selectors.

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IPL 2024-winning Indian Cricketer reacts to snub in IND vs ZIM

Kolkata Knight Rider’s crafty spinner Varun Chakravarthy did not take too kindly with his omission from squ for India vs Zimbabwe. Varun Chakravarthy was left hurting that despite Team India resting its starters, he wasn’t deemed to be good enough among next best players.

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Varun Chakravarthy took to his Instagram story and took a sly dig at selectors and indirectly hinted that selection in India takes place based on popularity and not on performances. KKR mystery spinner posted  a caption on his Insta story which re, “I wish I h a paid PR agency”. story was later deleted by Varun Chakravarthy.

Varun Chakravarthy on his Insta story

Varun Chakravathy’s omission from Indian side for Zimbabwe tour certainly comes a surprise as he h a splendid season with champions KKR. In 15 games, Varun Chakravarthy picked up 21 wickets and was leing wicket taker for Knight Riders in campaign.

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India’s Squ for Zimbabwe series

India will play a five match T20 series with Zimbabwe which starts from 6th July and will run till 14th July. Shubman Gill is elected as Captain for Team India in series and an emphasis on youth and rewarding IPL performances has been me.  Here is India’s squ for Zimbabwe tour.

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Ꮪhubman Gill (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikw, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Nitish Reddy, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande.
 

20:49 IST, June 24th 2024