Are Ruturaj Gaikwad victims of bias and bias? The debate has taken Indian cricket from the storm as the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain was not selected in a team for the upcoming series against Australia A in India.
Akash Chopra, a batsman who opened former national cricket team of India, has now shared his views on the matter and has clearly stated that the snub of Ruturaj Gikwad cannot be called bias or bias.
There is no place for Ruturaj Gikwad in Shreyas Iyer’s India A Squad
Australia A is set to visit India for a multi-day and one-day series. The first red-ball match will begin on 16 September, and the second game will begin on 23 September, both matches will be held in Lucknow.
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After that, the teams will close the horns in three ODIs on 30 September, 30 October, 03 and 05 October, respectively in Kanpur.
Shreyas Iyer is named as India A captain for the Multi-Day series. In addition, the squad consists of star batsmen such as Abhimanyu Ishvaran, N Jagadisin, Sai Sudhrasan, Dhruv Jurael, Devdutt Padikkal, and Ayush Badoni, KL Rahul is available for the second game.
Despite an average batsman of 41.77 in first -class cricket, there was no place for 28 -year -old Ruturaj Gikwad in the squad and recently playing a brilliant knock of 184 runs against the Central Zone in the Dalip Trophy.
It is not bias or bias – Akash Chopra on Ruturaj Gikwar’s snub
Speaking on his official YouTube channel, Akash Chopra said that Ruturaj Gikwad has been ignored from a team from India as other players have done better. He explained in detail:
“Ruturaj Gikwad recently scored 184 runs in the Dalip Trophy. However, he did not make a shade tour in India during the BGT time, where he was a captain. He was a part of India for a tour of England, but he did not play. So he has been there.
“What is going on against Ruturaj is that what he has done is fine, but others are coming after performing firmly. People are coming after setting domestic cricket on fire. You can say that if Shreyas Iyer is being kept, Ruturaj can also be kept. It can also be kept. It is also an eye test. What is this, and not necessarily not necessary.”
“He had an average of 38 in the 2024 Dalip Trophy. He did not score a lot of runs in the Iranian Trophy. He did not score a lot of runs against Australia A, and he has played only four matches in the last two Ranaji season.”
He was elevated at one point, got a chance to play for the country – Akash Chopra on Rajat Patidar
Akash Chopra further said that Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar finds himself in the same position as Ruturaj Gikwad. He said that the selection committee has crossed the Patidar after its failures with the bat in limited opportunities in Test cricket. Chopra said:
“In the same breath, the silver Patidar, who scored runs in the Dalip Trophy. He was elevated at one point, he got a chance to play for the country. He was given opportunities in the series against England. Hopefully he was expected to score runs as conditions and pitches, but he did not score there.
“For short term, that ship has also been dispatched, the bus has left the bus stop for both of them. It seems that Indian selectors have started going in a slightly different direction.”
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