Harsh dig of Shashi Tharoor at the selectors over India squad for Sri Lanka tour
The member of parliament of Lok Sabha and the fan of cricket, Shashi Tharoor, has lashed out at the selection committee of BCCI for the picked squad for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour. The team selected by the board has a surprising exclusion that drew the attention of Tharoor. He raised his voice against the omission of Sanju Samson from ODIs and Abhishek Sharma from T20Is. While Samson made it to the squad for the shortest format series against Sri Lanka, Abhishek, who scored a sensational century in the recently concluded five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe, was ignored as well for the tour.
Tharoor wrote, “Interesting squad selection for India’s tour of Sri Lanka later this month. @IamSanjuSamson, who hit a century in his last ODI, has not been picked for ODIs, while @IamAbhiSharma4, who hit a T20I century in the #INDvZIM series, has not been picked at all. Rarely has success in India mattered so little to the selectors! Good luck to the team anyway.”
For the Sri Lanka tour, Suryakumar Yadav has been appointed to lead the Indian team in T20Is, while Shubman Gill has been named his vice captain for the three-match series.