Bhuvneshwar Kumar, in the first Test match at Newlands in Cape Town was possibly the pick of the players for the Indian team, as he took the most number of wickets (6) and in fact played the most number of deliveries among the whole team over the two innings (127).
However, team management surprisingly dropped him for the ongoing second test and it created anger with many cricket legends.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag also criticised India Kohli’s decision to drop Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the second . Kohli made three changes to the playing eleven as Shikhar Dhawan made way for KL Rahul, Ishant Sharma came in place of Bhuvneshwar and Parthiv Patel replaced the injured Wriddiman Saha who had done his hamstring just before the Test match. Sehwag was not happy to see Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar sit out and came down heavily on the Indian skipper for excluding both the players.
“Watching Virat Kohli exclude Shikhar Dhawan for just one Test failure, and Bhuvneshwar for no reason at all, Kohli should drop himself in the third Test at Johannesburg, if he fails to perform in Centurion,” Sehwag told.
“They could have played Ishant in place of any other bowler. Bhuvneshwar performed well in Cape Town and excluding him like this isn’t justified,” he added.
