Legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Wednesday lashed out at the selectors for not including batsman Ajinkya Rahane in the Twenty20 squad against Australia starting October 7.
The former India captain was furious at Rahane’s exclusion who scored four consecutive fifties in the recently concluded ODI series against Aussies. He also raised questions on KL Rahul’s inclusion in the T20I squad and said that the selectors need to give a valid reason for the same.
“The man who has scored for consecutive fifties, why is he not included in the team?,” Gavaskar told NDTV.
“KL Rahul is a fine player, but he didn’t play a single game in the five-one day matches against Australia, why is he in the team and Rahane who scored four half-centuries is not there,” he added.
Rahane, who replaced Shikhar Dhawan in the ODI side against Australia, made scores of 5, 55, 70, 53, 61. Before that, he was also adjudged Man of the Series on the West Indies tour.
Earlier, Rahane told media that he respects the decision taken by selectors, after being dropped.
Team: Virat Kohli (Capt),Rohit Sharma(VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni(wk), Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Axar Patel.
