Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh has come down heavily on senior players, saying that selection in the Indian team should be based on performance instead of reputation after series loss against Australia. Australia beat India by 3-1 in the recent five-match series as they regained the Border Gavaskar Trophy for the first time since 2015.
Following India’s loss, form of senior players Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma has come under question as both players failed to leave their mark in the series. Kohli accumulated just 190 runs from five matches (9 innings) at an average of 23.75 with one hundred to his name. On the other hand, Rohit could only score just 31 runs from six innings and had to rest himself from the last Test.
“The selection should be based on the performance, whether Virat or Rohit. No player is bigger than the game, even if they think they are superstars in their minds. If you want to take senior players on tour, you have to make sure they play county cricket before the England series,” Harbhajan said on his YouTube channel.
Further speaking ahead, the former spinner also questioned what went wrong with the Indian team suddenly, as everything was fine until Rahul Dravid was there.
“In the past six months, we lost to Sri Lanka, a series whitewash against New Zealand and now a 3-1 defeat in Australia. Everything was fine till Rahul Dravid was there. India won the World Cup, and everything was fine. But what happened suddenly?” he added.
