Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra has raised a concern for the star Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal after his omission from the Indian squad for the upcoming T20 series at home. Chopra said that the regular absence of Chahal shows that the selectors are looking beyond him.
Team India under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav will be playing a five-match T20I series at home where the first match will be played in Visakhapatnam on November 23. Apart from Chahal, Sanju Samson is another big name who has not been selected for the upcoming series against Australia.
While having a conversation on his official YouTube channel, Gautam Gambhir said, “Ravi Bishnoi is there but Yuzi (Yuzvendra) Chahal isn’t. It’s a slightly surprising thing to me that you have virtually turned your back on him. You neither played him in ODI cricket nor are you keeping his name for T20Is. Is he not good enough anymore?”
He further added, “You start getting a feeling like that, which is not a good feeling because Yuzi Chahal has done well. It seems like the selectors have made up their minds and you can’t do anything if someone has made up their mind.”
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Chahal is the highest wicket-taker for India in the history of T20I. He has played 80 matches in the shortest format for India and has bagged 96 wickets.
