Looked up to Rahul Dravid while growing up: Vijay Shankar tells David Warner
Vijay Shankar would have been targeting a good show in this year's IPL to stake a claim in the Indian squad for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia.
Vijay Shankar would have been targeting a good show in this year's IPL to stake a claim in the Indian squad for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia.
Eyeing a return to the Indian senior team, the 20-year-old Shaw struck 22 fours and two sixes during his blazing knock at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval.
Bangar largely retained the same squad that played against Bangladesh at home in November.
The India ‘A' team doesn't undergo the Yo-Yo test anymore, but Pandya failed the mandatory fitness test that a player undergoes while making a comeback post-rehabilitation.
Yuvraj Singh questioned the team management's thinking behind picking 'inexperienced' players in Vijay Shankar and Rishabh Pant for middle-order roles at the World Cup.
The team has been named for the first two Ranji Trophy matches against Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.
There is a school of thought that Mayank Agarwal could be an option, preferably for the three-match ODI series against the West Indies in December, in case vice-captain Rohit Sharma takes a break.
Rayudu admitted however that the World Cup snub was disappointing. Indian skipper Virat Kohli had said that Rayudu was the solution to India's number 4 conundrum in October 2018 before things went downhill for him.
While an opener being called in for a middle-order all-rounder was no less a surprise, his exclusion for the team for the Windies series comes as a bigger shocker.
Taking a jibe at the selectors, the southpaw said: "Five selectors combined would not have made the runs Rayudu has in his career. I feel extremely sad about this retirement.
