IND vs WI | The West Indies Tour marks the beginning of a brand new World Test championship cycle for the Indian Cricket team. Rohit Sharma‘s India fell on the ultimate hurdle of bagging an ICC glory house after their drubbing by the hands of Australia within the WTC Final 2023. The loss compelled India to make an enormous change by eradicating Cheteshwar Pujara from the team. But former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has slammed the team for excluding the veteran.
Pujara was earlier dropped from India’s squad following the South Africa collection in 2021. He has now but once more confronted the brunt of choice after a modest outing within the WTC Final towards Australia. The 35-year-old managed to attain simply 14 and 27 throughout two innings. Meanwhile, Singh has requested some powerful questions on his exclusion, stating he has been doing dirty work for India.
“I have a lot of respect for Chesteshwar Pujara for what he has achieved. He has been an unsung hero of the Indian team for many years now. He has been one of those pillars of strength for India, doing the dirty work of hanging in there, making sure other batters got their comfort,” Singh mentioned.
He is not the one one not scoring: Singh
The WTC Final noticed many different Indian batters together with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma not getting large scores towards the Aussie line-up. Singh was blunt on this side too. He acknowledged that Pujara ought to be given respect and highlighted that he is not the one one not having runs on his again. “I consider he must be given a bit extra respect than what he has been given and the way in which he was chucked out of the team was a shock for me.
Because he is not the one one not scoring runs. There are others as nicely who play in that very same team who’re scoring runs on the identical common,” Harbhajan mentioned.
Meanwhile, Kohli additionally noticed a drop in his type within the latest time and has discovered one century since 2020 in 25 Test matches. “I think rules should be the same for everyone not different for different people. Look, if you want to drop a senior guy like him, talk to him and make him understand ‘look this is what we are looking to do’. Tell him what’s the way forward, make him understand. All he needs is a bit more respect,” Singh mentioned.
