Former Indian cricketer and chief selector of the team, Chris Srikkanth has once again raised questions on the selection of Team India. He has expressed strong objection to the non-selection of Ruturaj Gaikwad for the ODI series against New Zealand. Gaikwad had scored a century in the ODI series against South Africa.

Chris Srikkanth took a jibe at the selectors and asked whether Ruturaj Gaikwad will now have to improve his wicket-keeping skills for selection in Team India.

Remove Reddy, bring Gaekwad

Chris Srikkanth said on his YouTube channel, “Maybe Rituraj Gaikwad can say that he has played cricket with Dhoni, so I can also do wicketkeeping. Only in this way can he be selected in the team. Shreyas Iyer’s selection is certain, hence he gets a place in the team. But Gaikwad should also have been in the 15-man squad. Gaikwad should have been brought in the squad instead of Nitish Kumar Reddy.”

Targeted at selectors

The veteran cricketer further said that even if Rituraj Gaikwad scores a century, his place in the team is still not confirmed. Srikkanth sarcastically said that the selectors will now forget the century of Gaikwad which he had scored against South Africa. Therefore, now they will have to start again from zero and score a lot of runs.

Ruturaj Gaikwad is in very good form at the moment, has played a century against South Africa. In the Vijay Hazare Trophy, he has so far scored 257 runs for Maharashtra in 5 matches at a good average of 64. During this period his strike rate has been 120.65.

Earlier, Chris Srikkanth had also criticized the continuous opportunities Harshit Rana was getting. Srikanth had said that Harshit Rana is in the team only for the presence of Gautam Gambhir.

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Fast bowler Mohammed Shami has not been able to make a comeback in the Indian squad selected by BCCI against New Zealand. Former cricketer Irfan Pathan expressed his displeasure on this and raised questions on the working methods of the selection committee. Pathan said that till when will Shami have to prove his fitness and ignoring him is beyond comprehension.

Mohammad Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna and Harshit Rana have been selected as fast bowling options in the Indian squad for the next ODI series. Shami has been out of Team India since Champions Trophy 2025, now Irfan Pathan has come out in his support.

Shami’s ability…

Irfan Pathan said on his YouTube channel, “The center of biggest discussion is Mohammed Shami, what is his future? He is not a name who comes yesterday and goes out after playing a few matches. He has taken 450-500 wickets in international cricket, which is a huge number. If you have taken 400 wickets, get dropped and still questions start being raised on fitness. In the game of cricket, everyone has to prove themselves, but Mohammed Shami’s It is not right to doubt the ability.”

Targeted on selection committee

Irfan Pathan further said that after returning from injury, Mohammed Shami has bowled 200 overs, this many overs are enough to prove his fitness. Pathan said, “What more does he need to prove than this? If Shami still needs to prove his fitness, only the selection committee knows what it is thinking.”

Indian squad for New Zealand ODI series: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Shreyas Iyer (subject to fitness clearance), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal.

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