The veteran Indian spinner, Harbhajan Singh accused national cricket team selectors of being biased as they have ignored Suryakumar Yadav for selection in either of the three India squads they announced on Monday. The MSK Prasad-led selection committee named India’s squads for upcoming bilateral series against Sri Lanka and Australia, and India A squad for the tour of New Zealand.
Veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh, who has publicly criticized the national selection panel time and again, slammed the committee, claiming that it has “different rules for different players”.
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Tweeting about Yadav’s exclusion, Harbhajan said, “I keep wondering what’s wrong @surya_14kumar have done? Apart from scoring runs like others who keep getting picked for Team India, India A and India B. Why different rules for different players?”
I keep wondering what’s wrong @surya_14kumar hv done ? Apart from scoring runs like others who keep getting picked for Team india india/A india /B why different rules for different players ???
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 24, 2019
In November, Harbhajan had taken a jibe at national selectors for dropping wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson from the squad for the series against the West Indies. The 39-year-old off-spinner had expressed his disappointment with the current selection panel in reply to a tweet posted by Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor.
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Tweeting about the same, Tharoor said, “Very disappointed to see @IamSanjuSamson dropped without a chance. He carried the drinks for three T20Is and has been promptly discarded. Are they testing his batting or his heart?”
Harbhajan replied with a broken heart emoji, saying: “I guess they r testing his heart #selectionpanelneedtobechanged need strong people there.. hope dada @SGanguly99 will do the needful.”
I guess they r testing his heart 💔 #selectionpanelneedtobechanged need strong people there.. hope dada @SGanguly99 will do the needful https://t.co/RJiGVqp7nk
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) November 25, 2019
Mumbai-based batsman Suryakumar Yadav has scored 4,920 runs in 73 first-class matches. He has been quite consistent in recent times.
India’s T20I squad For The Sri Lanka series:
Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Manish Pandey, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson.
