Kuldeep Yadav piped Chahal for the wrist-spinner spot in India squad.
BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar explained that there was place for only one wrist-spinner in the squad and if they had to bring in Chahal as well, it meant dropping a seamer, which they couldn’t afford due to workload management for the next two months.
It is worth mentioning that Chahal was benched for all three matches of the ODI series against the West Indies. The senior leg-spinner has played only two ODIs so far this year.
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After his exclusion, Chahal had posted a cryptic message on social media platform X, using sun emojis, implying that his sun will rise again.
And now his wife Dhanashree Verma took to social media a day after Chahal was snubbed from the Asia Cup squad and posted a couple of stories on her Instagram account.
She stated: “Now I have started to question this on a serious note. If being super submissive & introverted can be harmful for your work growth? Or do we all have to be an extrovert & street smart savvy to grow in life?"