The Indian Selectors are doing their utmost to justify the confidence reposed in them by Mohinder Amarnath ("the selectors are a bunch of jokers").
How else can one explain this -
Yuvraj returns for last two ODIs
Yuvraj Singh, who has been declared fully fit, and Anil Kumble are back in the Indian one-day squad for the remaining two one-day internationals against West Indies at Chennai and Vadodara respectively. They have replaced RP Singh and Joginder Sharma , while Irfan Pathan will join the squad for the final match at Vadodara.Also joining the squad in Vadodara will be Munaf Patel, though it will be restricted to nets practice. Munaf has been out of action since returning from South Africa with an ankle injury and Vengsarkar said this stint would give the selectors a chance to assess his fitness.
Asked whether Virender Sehwag , who has scored one century since his return to the domestic circuit, was considered, Vengsarkar said, "He will just have to wait for his chance." The dropping of RP Singh, Vengsarkar admitted, was a tough decision and his omission was rather unfortunate.
Yuvraj Singh has no match fitness to speak of, having just recovered from an ACL injury and a prolonged 2 month layoff.
Irfan Pathan gets picked because apparently the Mumbai coach thinks he bowled well and that is good enough for Colonel.
Joginder Sharma gets dumped after only one game. Then why the farce of picking him in the first place? Placating the North Zone?
R.P. Singh gets dumped without playing a single game for reasons best left to the 5 wise men.
Virender Sehwag cannot still find favor with the Selectors. This, when they have rooted for a batter with 0 match fitness and a bowler with indifferent form.
If Irfan can come back into the team with just 2 Ranji games, why not Sehwag? After all he scored a 100 in the only Ranji game he played.
And here is the fun part - Who gets dropped from the batting lineup to accommodate Yuvraj in the 3rd ODI?
I am betting it is Karthick -- what say you?
2 comments:
Homer... I can't really see anything happening with the new selectors.. looks pretty much the same..as before... players suffer in the end!!!
true Ugyen...There is a complete absence of logic with the selections.
While it is true that Yuvraj and Irfan are important cogs in the Indian ODI setup, it is equally true that rushing in half baked players into the national side is a recipe for disaster.
India does not have the strength or the depth, at this time, to accommodate players who are out of form or not match fit into the playing XI.
And then there is the case of Sehwag. If everything is right with Irfan for him to play in national colors, why not Sehwag? The same argument for including Irfan applies to Sehwag as well.
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