The Indian all-rounder, Kedar Jadhav has regained complete fitness, but he was still excluded from the remaining three ODIs of the match-match series against the Windies. However, the pocket dynamo has no idea that why the Indian selection committee led by MSK Prasad has decided to ax him from the Indian squad as he is yet to receive communication from Prasad or from other members in the panel. Earlier, the chief Indian selector said that Kedar was not picked because of his injury prone past.
As quoted in PTI, Prasad said, “We did not pick Kedar because of his history of fitness. There have been occasions earlier when he has come back fit and then broke down, a case in point being the Asia Cup last month.”
Jadhav was drafted into the India A team in the mid of the ongoing Deodhar Trophy as the selectors wanted to assess his fitness before taking a call on his comeback. In the presence of three national selectors, Jadhav proved his worth by scoring 41* off 25 as well as bowled five overs but the ODI team announced during the course of the Deodhar match did not figure the Maharashtra player.
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Prasad said they needed Jadhav to play more domestic games before deciding on his comeback.
Describing the same, the chief selector said, “Actually, we were thinking that if India A won today, then Kedar would have got another match, which would have given us a fair assessment of his match fitness. Maybe we could have added him as an additional player (in Indian team) before the fourth ODI as the Deodhar final is on Saturday. Players need to understand that there is a process that we follow while selecting the team.”
Speaking to reporters immediately after the Deodhar Trophy match, Jadhav said he wasn’t aware of the reasons behind his exclusion.
When asked about if he has received any communication over his exclusion from the last three games, Jadhav replied, “I did not know this. Let’s see. You are the first one to tell me this. I need to see why they have not picked me. I don’t know what the plan is now that I am not there in the team. Probably, I will be playing the Ranji Trophy.”
In recent times, the Indian selectors have immensely criticized for their for the lack of communication with players before dropping them. The Test specialists, Karun Nair, and Murali Vijay had said they were not spoken to by the selectors before being dropped from the Test squad, a claim that chief selector Prasad has denied.
Jadhav had made a comeback during the 2018 Asia Cup last month but the recurrence of the hamstring injury in the final led to another round of rehab. Without the world play, Jadhav clearly said that it hurts when one keeps getting injured when he is playing well.
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The all-rounder said, “Rehab was good. I passed all the tests and came here match fit. It is all fine. Obviously, it hurts when you are in form and get injured. It creates uncertainty on when you will get the next opportunity. And when you comeback, you have to start from scratch again as you end up missing a lot of matches. It hurts but you have to accept it and move on.”
When asked if the frequent injuries play with the mind of players, Kedar replied that a player can’t be cautious when he plays. He also feels that a player needs to be honest with physios as they can give you the right feedback.
