Names like Dinesh Karthik, R Ashwin, and Ajinkya Rahane are set to feature in the Deodhar Trophy which begins in Delhi on October 23. But the second highest run-getter of on-going Vijay Hazare Trophy, Gautam Gambhir wasn't named for the tournament.
Twitterati was vexed after the team announcement. The angry fans went on to lash out at the BCCI for ignoring Gambhir who scored 517 runs with an average of 57.44 in Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Fans were expecting the Delhi batsman to be named as captain in one of the three teams, but the southpaw couldn't even make it to the team despite a good batting performance.
Not only Gambhir, but even Yuvraj Singh's name was also missing in all three teams.
Here is how fans reacted:
#GautamGambhir .Gambhir is the second highest scorer in vijay hazare trophy and he is not in the team for deodhar trophy.#WhyweneedanswrbccI
— Abhishek (@Abhishe67040670) October 19, 2018
Feel for Gautam Gambhir!
— VIRAT'S DHONI ???????? (@Cricketician_) October 18, 2018
He is doing his best and he deserves more than what he is getting scoring tons of runs regularly and BCCI keep ignoring!@BCCI
You should treat cricketers this way who did everything to make Indian cricket proud!
Darr gaye @BCCI ki agar Gautam Gambhir Deodhar pe bhi perform kar de???? Shame on you all
— Abhishek (@ImAbhishek_5) October 18, 2018
@BCCI Deodhar Trophy squad Where is gautam gambhir , He is in second position (517 Runs) in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018-19 .MSK Prasad Dont see atleast statistics at the time of selection.Kulwant Khejroliya he is best bowler more than you selected other bowlers.politics cricket
— peddinisrujan (@SrujanP21) October 18, 2018
When the second highest Run scorer (Gautam Gambhir) of the #VijayHazareTrophy is not selected for Deodhar Trophy, then on what basis you are selecting the team? @BCCIdomestic@BCCI
— Aditya Yellanki (@adityayellanki) October 18, 2018
Note : Both are white Ball tournaments.
Where the hell is @GautamGambhir ..... The man with second highest score in #VijayHazareTrophy not selected for ..#Deodhartrophy ...
— Praneeth Kumar (@gilly_praneeth) October 18, 2018
What the hell are you thinking @BCCIdomestic @BCCI..
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All you want is players with less age than how they score .... pic.twitter.com/MOh006J8bt
@BCCI selected #Deodhartrophy squad brought @ImRaina who scored 208 runs in vijay hazare, brought @DineshKarthik who didn't played & thn there is @YUVSTRONG12 & @GautamGambhir who r not picked what else they need to do!!! Politics @vikrantgupta73 @harbhajan_singh @cricketaakash
— Samujjwal Roy (@iamSamujjwal) October 18, 2018
@GautamGambhir You deserve a much better Cricket Board. ????????????
— Aditya Yellanki (@adityayellanki) October 18, 2018
@BCCI such Unprofessional and Biased Selectors. The Person Who performed the best @GautamGambhir couldn't find a Place in either of the Three Teams for Deodhar Trophy...
— ayush mittal (@ayushmittalbest) October 18, 2018
Shame On You...#VijayHazareTrophy #deodhartrophy
No Vijay Hazare Trophy winners for Deodhar Trophy this year. Sound move given this is the World Cup season - and so selectors will want to look at the best white-ball players overall rather than one of the three teams being the winners.
— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) October 18, 2018
Surprising that Gautam Gambhir not there. pic.twitter.com/PHB4DIr6cV
Squads:
India A: Dinesh Karthik (C & WK), Prithvi Shaw, Anmolpreet Singh, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ankit Bawne, Nitish Rana, Karun Nair, Krunal Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shreyas Gopal, Shams Mulani, Mohammed Siraj, Dhawal Kulkarni, Siddarth Kaul.
India B: Shreyas Iyer (C), Mayank Agarwal, Rituraj Gaekwad, Prashant Chopra, Hanuma Vihari, Manoj Tiwary, Ankush Bains (WK), Rohit Rayudu, K Gowtham, Mayank Markande, S Nadeem, Deepak Chahar, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat.
India C: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Abhinav Mukund, Shubman Gill, Ravikumar Samarth, Suresh Raina, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (WK), Vijay Shankar, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Papu Roy, Navdeep Saini, Rajneesh Gurbani, Umar Nazir.
