Thiruvananthapuram: BCCI and the selectors are the reason why India lost in the T20 World Cup semi-finals, said Minister V. Shivankutty Sivankutty said that he will shout loudly that the sure World Cup title was stolen due to bias. He asked through a Facebook note that BCCI will stop this quota game.
Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik, who were included in the World Cup team as wicket-keeper batsmen, could not cross double figures even in a single game. Both were picked in the team after the in-form Sanju, who is a good power hitter. It has already been clarified that this is a complete injustice. He also asked why Sanju was being bowled for the ball.
Pant has been appointed as the vice-captain in the upcoming New Zealand series in ODIs and T20Is. In other words, the agenda is to keep him in the team no matter how out of form he is. Sanju is included only as a batter. Sivankutty also blamed the team selection for the one-day series against Bangladesh and the fact that Sanju was left out of the team.
Full version of the Facebook post
It is unfortunate that India lost to England in the T20 World Cup semi-finals. There is pain in it.
BCCI and the selectors are the reason for this defeat. Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik have made it to the World Cup team as wicketkeeper/batter. Take a look at their performance in the World Cup. Neither of them managed to cross double figures even in a single game.
Both were picked in the team ahead of Sanju Samson, who is a good power hitter, in form and has a good average. I made it clear at that stage that this was completely unfair.
Look at another example. Rishabh Pant has been appointed as the vice-captain in the upcoming New Zealand series in ODIs and T20Is. In other words, the agenda is to keep him in the team no matter how out of form he is. Sanju is included only as a batter.
One more thing. The Bangladesh ODI squad for the series has been announced. Rishabh Pant is also there, Sanju is not.
Will BCCI stop this quota game? I will say it out loud that the World Cup title was derailed due to bias.