Ganguly bats for Gill
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly questioned the omission of veteran Ajinkya Rahane and young Shubman Gill from the ODI squad for the tour of West Indies, urging the selection committee to be consistent with their policies.
An inconsistent Kedar Jadhav has been retained while Gill, who was adjudged Man of the Series in the five-game List A series in the West Indies, was ignored.
Ganguly took to Twitter to take a dig at the selectors, stating the main agenda should be picking the best possible team and not making people happy.
“Time has come for Indian selectors to pick same players in all formats of the game for rhythm and confidence… too few are playing in all formats… great teams had consistent players… it’s not about making all happy but picking the best for the country and be consistent .
“Here are many in the squad who can play all formats… surprised not to see Shubman Gill, Rahane in the One-day squad,” he added.
The MSK Prasad-led selection committee picked India’s squads for the T20I, ODI and Test series in the West Indies on Sunday.
Apart from left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, captain Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, no other Indian player features in all three formats for the tour.
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