While Ajinkya Rahane has been given the responsibility to lead the Test side Against Afghanistan, he couldn’t find a place in ODI and T20I squads against England and Ireland. The ODI team for the England series saw Shreyas Iyer, Ambati Rayudu and Siddharth Kaul coming in but Rahane’s omission has left everyone surprised, including former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
“Ajinkya Rahane has missed out on limited-overs squad. A harsh decision,” Ganguly was quoted as saying by India Today.
“I would still pick Ajinkya Rahane ahead of Ambati Rayudu. Ajinkya Rahane is a far superior player in England where the ball is going to move. He has got a good record in England,” Ganguly added.
Rahane has so far scored 2962 runs in 90 ODI matches at an average of 35.26.
India team for T20I series vs Ireland: Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddharth Kaul, Umesh Yadav.
India team for T20I series against England: Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddharth Kaul, Umesh Yadav.
