The director of JSW Sports and co-owner of IPL franchise Delhi Capitals, Parth Jindal, has asked the Indian team management over the exclusion of Rishabh Pant and Ravichandran Ashwin from India’s limited-overs squad. Referred to them as “X-factor” players in a series of tweets, he said not playing Pant in the limited-overs of the New Zealand series has made no sense where he did not understand of Ashwin’s exclusion as well.

Rishabh Pant – who has been under the scanner for his poor wicket-keeping skills and batting form – has been out of the playing XI since the first ODI played against Australia in Mumbai when he suffered a concussion. KL Rahul kept wicket and did pretty well with the bat too. Moreover, captain Virat Kohli has already stated that KL Rahul has become the first-choice wicketkeeper in white-ball cricket as he has been providing them with a lot of balance.

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“And why carry Rishabh Pant only for him to warm the bench? Surely he would have benefited from paying against New Zealand A or domestic cricket? To see a player as talented as him not play the 5th T20I and now the 3rd ODI makes no sense,” tweeted Jindal on Wednesday.

While talking about Ravichandran Ashwin – who will play for Delhi Capitals in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Jindal has raised a question as well. The veteran spinner last played a T20I against West Indies in July 2017 whereas his last ODI appearance came against the same team after a month. Since then, India have banked on the spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav alongside Ravindra Jadeja as the all-rounder.

“Don’t know why Ravichandran Ashwin is not in this team! There seems to be an aversion to wicket takers! After white washing the kiwis in T20’s the Kiwis showing India that the semi final victory in the World Cup was no fluke. India needs wicket takers and players with X factor,” he shared.