Former India batter Aakash Chopra has questioned the Ajit Agarkar-led choice committee over the absence of all-rounder Shivam Dube from the squad for the upcoming T20I sequence in opposition to England. Dube, who was a part of the T20 World Cup-winning facet final 12 months, has fallen out of favour below the regime of head coach Gautam Gambhir and chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar. Dube travelled to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka for the T20I sequence after the World Cup triumph however was ignored for the following dwelling sequence in opposition to Bangladesh, in addition to the away tour of South Africa.
“What occurred to Shivam Dube? I needed to speak about Ruturaj (Gaikwad) as properly however he’s not capable of make his place. Rajat Patidar can also be there. Clearly, there may be numerous batting. Nevertheless, now I’m going to focus a little bit bit on Shivam Dube. He was a member of the T20 World Cup-winning crew,” Chopra stated on his YouTube channel.
“Once you win, everybody ought to get the credit score. He even performed decently within the ultimate. Earlier than that, there have been undoubtedly some questions that he wasn’t fielding or batting properly. Nevertheless, then he performed properly and have become the T20 World Cup champion,” he added.
Whereas plainly the selectors have determined to zero down on Nitish Kumar Reddy as Hardik Pandya’s all-rounder, Chopra feels Dube deserved an extended rope within the crew, particularly with the southpaw taking part in a vital position in India’s T20 World Cup triumph.
“After that, he remained injured a little bit, did not get too many alternatives both, and is now out of the crew. Nobody is speaking about him as properly. Riyan Parag is just not being talked about as a result of he’s injured however nobody is asking the place Dube went. He out of the blue disappeared from the horizon,” Chopra questioned.
Chopra advised that even when Dube was out injured for some time, the participant ought to’ve walked straight into the crew after restoration.
“If he was ok to be part of the World Cup squad, I’m certain he can be worthy of taking part in for one more one or two years. He has remained out due to damage, however there was a concept earlier that whoever goes out as a result of damage, will come again in first, and whoever changed him must sit out it doesn’t matter what he may need executed,” he defined.
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