Team India: Former Indian team player Venkatesh Prasad severely criticized the selection committee. He once again led to discussions on the selections in the Indian team.
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Venkatesh Prasad Comments on BCCI Selection Committee: Former Indian fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad strongly criticized the selection of KL Rahul in the first Test against Australia in Nagpur. On the third day of this match, India defeated Australia by an innings of 132 runs. In this match, the 30-year-old Rahul was given more priority than the in-form Shubman Gill. In India’s first innings, Rahul played a very difficult innings with 20 runs off 71 balls. He struggled to score runs.
Venkatesh Prasad on his official Twitter handle said, “Rahul was not selected based on performance but fandom. Lack of consistency in his performance, which has been going on for almost eight years. He wrote that he did not turn his ability into a performance.
Rahul has a Test average of 34.07 in 46 matches. Talking about Rahul’s Test records, Prasad said that along with Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, who has a good understanding of cricket, should be made the vice-captain of the Test team. Prasad said, “After spending more than eight years in international cricket, an average of 34 in 46 Tests is very common. He said, “I don’t remember anyone else being given so many opportunities.”
Rahul’s selection is not based on performance but favoritism. Has been consistently inconsistent and for someone who has been around for 8 years not converted potential into performances. One of the reasons why many ex-cricketers aren’t vocal despite seeing such favouritism..
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) February 11, 2023
Many are in excellent form waiting for their turn. Shubman Gill is in excellent form. Sarfaraz Khan is scoring runs in first-class matches. There are many who deserve selection before Rahul.
In a series of tweets on Saturday, he said, “Some people are lucky to be given endless opportunities until they succeed. Others don’t get such opportunities,” he said. However, I respect Rahul’s talent and skill.. but he criticized his performance as very poor.
is the chances of losing out on potential IPL gigs. They wouldn’t want to rub the captain of a franchisee wrong way, as in today’s age most people like yes men and blind approvers. Often well wishers are your best critics but times have changed & people don’t want to be told truth
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) February 11, 2023
Rahul is also the captain of Indian Premier League team Lucknow Super Giants. Former Indian bowling coach Prasad stated that this was also one of the reasons why he remained in the Test team despite his poor performances.
Along with this, Venkatesh Prasad announced the names of five cricketers who could replace Rahul as the vice-captain of the Test team. “Rahul became the subject of more discussion after being appointed as the vice-captain of Team India. Ashwin has a very good understanding of cricket. He should be the vice-captain in the Test format. Mayank Agarwal and Hanuma Vihari have made a better impact in Tests than Rahul.
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