A day after chief selector Chetan Sharma stated the door shouldn’t be closed on him, and his performances in Ranji Trophy will probably be watched, Cheteshwar Pujara scored an 83-balls 91 with 16 fours and a six towards Mumbai in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
On Saturday, senior batters Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane had been dropped from the two-match Test sequence towards Sri Lanka, ranging from March 4 in Mohali. The second Test of the seares will probably be performed in Bengaluru from Match 12.
However, chief selector Chetan Sharma spoke concerning the door being nonetheless open for the duo, topic to their performances within the Ranji Trophy, each face an uphill process to stage an India comeback.
Pujara, the right-handed batter has scored 602 runs at 24.08 in 14 Tests during the last one yr. The emergence of the likes of Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill put the veteran batter below added stress and the cull was anticipated. It is be taught that the selectors and crew administration are taking a look at Gill because the crew’s new No. 3.
Sharma selected to be diplomatic, whereas talking about Pujara and Rahane, stressing that they weren’t picked for the 2 Tests towards Sri Lanka however would possibly get a chance sooner or later.
“We thought long and hard before arriving at the decision. We have spoken to them that we will not consider them for the two Tests against Sri Lanka, and we have told them to go and play the Ranji Trophy. This is cricket (and) performance matters. Doors are totally open for them. It’s just for these two Tests,” choice committee chairman Chetan Sharma informed reporters.
“They (Pujara and Rahane) have served the country for so long. They can come back, why not? It’s like a graph, it goes up and down. Rahane hit a hundred yesterday. This is a process of managing (poor form)” stated Sharma.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
