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Sunil Gavaskar Criticizes The Team Selection For Test Series Against West Indies; Read What He Said

As the selection for the upcoming West Indies Test series was announced, Sunil Gavaskar, Former Indian Cricket Team Captain has made certain suggestions about the team selection. He most importantly stated that more young player should have been the part of the upcoming Test Series. While, the veterans should have been provided some break.

The team comprises of…

The core team for the West Indies Series comprises of Rohit Sharma, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Shubhman Gill, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Shardul Thakur.

Mohamme Shami, Cheteshwar Pujara and Umesh Yadav’s name is missing out of the list. Jaydev Unadkat kept his spot while Delhi Capitals pacer Mukesh Kumar received his maiden India call-up. Navdeep Saini too was called into the team in the longest format.

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“I think a wonderful opportunity was missed,” says Sunil Gavaskar

The former Indian captain felt that more chance should have been given to youngsters for the Tests. He made a suggestion that the players who will be playing the ODI World Cup in October-November in coming months should have targeted the same game format only.

He said, “The World Test Championship is gone. We missed out over there. Now, the next big thing really is the (ODI) World Cup in October and therefore I would have wanted for the big boys to be given a complete break from Test cricket. Now look only at the white-ball cricket, not red-ball cricket. Give them a complete break who are certain to play World Cup. They have been playing non-stop cricket for 3-4 months. They barely had a break.”

He further said, “Had they given break to every senior player and played a few more younger players, that would have done Indian cricket a world of good. But that sadly hasn’t happened. I think a wonderful opportunity was missed.”

Srishti Verma

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