2024-05-02 12:29:05
New Delhi: When select players have to be selected from a pool of many excellent players, the task of the selectors becomes very tough. There has been a flood of talent since the start of IPL. Selecting the Indian team is no longer an easy task and when only 15 players have to be named for an event like the World Cup, then imagine how difficult this task will be. The Indian team has been announced for the T-20 World Cup, which is going to start from June 2. Fans are quite disappointed after not seeing Rinku Singh’s name in the list. Rinku herself is also heartbroken, but this was not the first time when a player was not included in the World Cup after performing brilliantly throughout the year, let us tell you the list of five such players of the last 20 years. , whose non-selection in the World Cup became a matter of controversy.
VVS Laxman (2003, ODI World Cup)
You will be surprised to know that stylish batsman VVS Laxman could not play even a single World Cup in his long career. He was very close to selection in the 2003 World Cup, but the selectors expressed confidence in Dinesh Mongia. VVS Laxman was in great form just before the World Cup, jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya. In the home ODI series against West Indies, he scored 312 runs with an average of 52 and three half-centuries. Then India had definitely reached the final, but Australia won the title.
Rohit Sharma (2011, ODI World Cup)
Current Indian team captain Rohit Sharma also had to go through a bad phase like Rinku Singh before the World Cup. Rohit Sharma was a strong contender for a place in the squad in the 2011 World Cup held on Indian soil, but the selectors chose an additional spinner in place of this Mumbai batsman. After this setback, Rohit Sharma also expressed his disappointment on social media. However, since 2013, he became a permanent member of the Indian setup. He left the middle order and started opening and today he is counted among the most explosive batsmen in the world. India won the World Cup, ending a drought of 28 years and defeating Sri Lanka in the final.
Yuvraj Singh (2015, ODI World Cup)
Yuvraj Singh, the hero of the 2011 World Cup victory and the man of the tournament, suffered a severe blow when he was not selected in the 2015 World Cup. Yuvraj could have proved to be very effective on the bouncy wickets of Australia and New Zealand, but perhaps no one paid attention to this. India exited the tournament after losing to hosts Australia in the semi-finals. All-rounder Stuart Binny, who was selected in place of Yuvi, did not get to play a single match in the entire tournament, however after this the Sixer King made a strong comeback and scored the best score of his career in 2017, 150 runs in Cuttack.
Ambati Rayudu (2019, ODI World Cup)
This batsman from Andhra Pradesh was being prepared for the number-4 batting position. He was a permanent member of Team India for a long time. In 2018, he impressed everyone by scoring 392 runs in 10 innings, but he was not selected for the World Cup to be held in England. Chief selector MSK Prasad chose all-rounder Vijay Shankar in place of Rayudu and argued that Vijay Shankar is a 3D player, who can do all three – batting, bowling and fielding. What happened next, there was an uproar! Ambati Rayudu expressed his displeasure and India suffered the brunt of the weak middle order. The team remained unbeaten throughout the tournament, but in the semi-final against New Zealand the batting order was exposed and it all ended with a defeat.
Rinku Singh (20224 T20 World Cup)
Now the latest addition to this list is Rinku Singh. Despite an astonishing average of 89 and strike rate of 176.24 in 11 T20s for India, Rinku Singh could not make it to the T20 World Cup. The left-handed explosive batsman from Uttar Pradesh has been included in the reserve. Despite such a brilliant performance, Rinku Singh’s non-selection raises questions. The lack of Rinku in the middle order on the US-West Indies pitch may hurt the team. The selectors have chosen left-handed big hitter and medium fast bowler Shivam Dubey in place of Rinku, who is also in good form.