The Indian team is going to visit England to play a five -match Test series next month. For this, the BCCI has announced the team where 5 players have been selected. Due to the retirement of Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from Test cricket, this year’s England tour team has shown a lot of changes. The selectors have chosen Shubhman Gill as the new captain of the Test team, and Rishabh Pant has been selected as vice-captain. Some new players got the chance for the first time. On the other hand, Karun Nayar and Shardul Thakur, who performed in domestic cricket, have also returned to the squad. But to surprise everyone, Shreyas Ayer has not been elected in this squad, which is a storm of controversy. Gautam Gambhir was asked a serious question about Shreyas Ayer. Gambhir but did not blame his shoulder. He pushed the ball towards the selectors.
Why was Shreyas Ayer been selected?
After a great performance in domestic cricket, everyone hoped that Shreyas would return to the Test squad. But that did not happen, so that the fans were upset. Many cricket experts have also expressed surprise. Gautam Gambhir was asked about the exclusion of Shreyas Ayer from the team recently at a ceremony. But the head coach of the Indian team has tried to avoid this question first. After that he responded in only four words. He said, ‘I’m not a selector.’
After that, the BCCI began to respond to the invitation of the country’s armed forces chiefs at the IPL final held in Ahmedabad on June 5, so that Shreyas did not talk about it. However, Gambhir could not say any reason for not to select Shreyas. But with his brief answer, he wanted to put the entire responsibility on the neck of Ajit Agarkar.
Usually the head coach and captain also play an important role in the party elections. But Gautam Gambhir has imposed the entire blame on the Achakars without any name. From his reply, it seems that he wanted to include Shreyas Ayer in the squad, but Agarkar did not agree. That is why he raised his finger towards the selectors to keep Shreyas Ayer out of the party.
What did Agarkar say about Shreyas Ayer?
BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar answered the question of not giving Shreyas Ayer on the England tour. Talking to the media after the announcement of the team in Mumbai, he said, “Shreyas played well in the ODI series, he played well in domestic matches, but he has no place in Test cricket right now.”
In the last Ranji Trophy, Shreyas did a great performance. Last season, he scored 5 runs in 5 matches at an average of 5 matches, of which two were centuries. The most important thing of this time was that Shreyas had overcome his weakness against the short ball. During the Champions Trophy and the IPL, he showed great performance against the short ball. In England, short balls are a big weapon for bowlers, which proved to be a weakness for Shreyas Ayer.