“Can’t Play on Reputation,” Says Ex-India Bowler of India Team Selection. Venkatesh Prasad slammed team selection, claiming that players should not be chosen based on their reputation.
Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad has slammed Team India’s team selection, saying that players cannot be select base on their reputation, and he highlight how some of the country’s biggest names were drop from the playing XI once their form began to deteriorate. He also stated that when these big players were out of form, they returned to domestic cricket to do the hard yards. Prasad’s comments come as there is growing concern about Virat Kohli’s poor form.
“When you were out of shape, you were dropped regardless of your reputation. When not in form, Sourav, Sehwag, Yuvraj, Zaheer, and Bhajji have all been dropped. They returned to domestic cricket, scored runs, and made a comeback. Yardsticks appear to have, “In his first tweet, Venkatesh Prasad stated.
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Venkatesh Prasad slammed team selection
“Changed drastically now, where there is rest for being out of form. This is no way for progress. There is so much talent in the country and cannot play on reputation. One of India’s greatest match-winner, Anil Kumble sat out on so many occasions, need action’s for the larger good,” he wrote further.
Kohli scored 1 and 11 in the second and third T20Is, respectively. The batter seen attempting to play aggressive cricket, but the roll of the dice did not favor him.
Kohli struggled to get going in the Edgbaston Test before the T20Is, scoring 11 and 20.
Virat last scored an international century in November 2019 against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens, and the three-figure mark has eluded him since.
Kohli next be seen in action against England in a three-match One-Day International series that begins Tuesday at the Oval in London.
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