Former Indian opener Murali Vijay is currently playing for Tamil Nadu in their ongoing Ranji Trophy. He has played 61 Tests where he scored 4000 plus runs. However, he has been dropped from the squad post India’s 146-run-defeat in Perth last December. However, with Sourav Ganguly at the helm, he is expecting a return.

“With Sourav at the helm, I hope things would change. He had gone through this in his career. And he had come back strongly. He knows all about the feelings and the emotions of a cricketer in this situation,” Vijay said as quoted by Sportstar. “I am looking forward to Sourav’s stint. He is a players’ man. He is a strong personality and hopefully, he will bring a structure to the process for cricketers to perform well.”

“That’s exactly my point. I am just not talking about myself. I am talking about cricketers who have been left out, they should have a platform to make a comeback. It shouldn’t be a cut and chop job which leaves players in the wilderness. It is a hard pill to swallow when you know you can perform at the highest level but are playing a level down.” Vijay said.

Murli Vijay was happy with the success of the current openers- Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal- but he also want the selectors to give a fair chance to the dropped cricketers as well.

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“Brilliant to see Mayank and Rohit do well. It is great to watch Rohit bat and make a wonderful start as a Test opener. I feel they should be given a fair run. The openers that are waiting in the wings should be taken care of too. I am a great fan of Indian domestic cricket, but what after this? Can I just keep dreaming that I will make a comeback or is there a structure that can make it possible?,” he added.

“This is my idea. The main team can play in the important series and the second team can play in the other series,” he concluded.