Sunil Gavaskar has said that the BCCI’s decision to remove Pujara and Rahane from the Sri Lanka Test was expected.
Record: February 21, 2022 01:34
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New Delhi,
The BCCI has announced the Indian squad for the Test series against Sri Lanka. It does not include the names of senior players Pujara and Rahane. Both the series against England and South Africa drew criticism for not being sober.
As expected, Rahane and Pujara have been dropped from the Indian squad for the Sri Lankan series, as the two teams’ chances in the Indian squad have been called into question. Rahane has scored only 3 fifties in the last 15 Tests. His average is 20.25. He had a maximum of 67 runs.
As a result, he has been dropped from the Indian team and is playing in the Ranji Trophy for Mumbai. He faced 290 balls in the match and scored 129 runs. He scored his first century against Australia almost 417 days later
Pujara has shown a great game just like him. Pujara, who plays for Saurashtra, was ducked out in the first innings of the match against Mumbai. However, he played aggressively in the 2nd innings, scoring 91 off 83 balls.
In an interview with former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar yesterday, he said, ‘The removal of Pujara and Rahane from the Indian squad for the Sri Lanka Test series was an expected result. Because in 3 Tests in South Africa they did not score a single century or even 80-90 runs. Now they are playing Ranji cricket and when they accumulate a lot of runs in it, they will definitely be able to return to the Indian team. ‘