New Delhi. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is known for his passion for cricket, has often shared his opinions about the Indian cricket team. However, Tharoor is unhappy with the team selected for India’s tour of Sri Lanka. Taking a dig at the BCCI selectors, Tharoor expressed his displeasure and accused them of not giving importance to success.
Interesting squad selection for India’s tour of Sri Lanka later this month. @IamSanjuSamsonwho hit a century in his last ODI, has not been picked for ODIs, while @IamAbhiSharma4who hit a T20I century in the #INDvZIM series, has not been picked at all. Rarely has success in… pic.twitter.com/PJU5JxSOx2
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 18, 2024
Disappointment over players being left out
Tharoor expressed his disappointment on Twitter, especially over the exclusion of some players. He pointed out that Sanju Samson, who scored a century in his last ODI, was not included in the team. Apart from this, Abhishek Sharma, who scored a century in the T20 series against Zimbabwe, was also not included in the team.
Tharoor’s anger
Commenting on the upcoming tour, Tharoor said that the selection was interesting. He expressed his anger towards the BCCI selectors, saying that success in India holds little importance for them.
Indian team for Sri Lanka tour
T20 Team:
Suryakumar Yadav (captain) – Shubman Gill (vice-captain) – Yashasvi Jaiswal – Rinku Singh – Riyan Parag – Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper) – Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper) – Hardik Pandya – Shivam Dube – Axar Patel – Washington Sundar – Ravi Bishnoi – Arshdeep Singh – Khaleel Ahmed – Mohammed Siraj
ODI team:
Rohit Sharma (captain) – Gill (vice-captain) – Virat Kohli – KL Rahul (wicketkeeper) – Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper) – Shreyas Iyer – Shivam Dubey – Kuldeep Yadav – Mohammed Siraj – Washington Sundar – Arshdeep Singh – Riyan Parag – Axar Patel – Khalil Ahmed – Harshit Rana
Tharoor’s comments have drawn attention to the selection process, and it remains to be seen how the selected team performs on the Sri Lanka tour.