Left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat on Saturday (June 12) expressed his disappointment after being overlooked for India’s white-ball tour to Sri Lanka next month.

BCCI on Thursday (June 10) announced India’s second-string squad for the Sri Lanka tour but Unadkat failed to make the cut.

The 20-member squad features uncapped players such Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Nitish Rana, K Gowtham, and Chetan Sakariya. No wonder, Unadkat is feeling hard done by the selectors despite being one of the top performers in India’s domestic circuit.

Taking to Twitter, Jaydev Unadkat issued a statement where he wrote he will continue working hard on his game and would not spend time thinking about his non-selection.

"I found my passion when I was a kid, inspired by watching all the greats of the game play with all their heart on the field. All these years later, I got to experience it myself. And above everything else, that never-say-die attitude that I saw in them and nurtured inside myself, stayed with me! When I was young, some labelled me as a raw, erratic bowler, an over-dreaming bloke coming from a small town. Slowly, their perception changed. And that's cos I changed. I matured. The highs, the lows, the enormous joy, the extreme disappointment! Oh, what would I have been without this sport. This game has given me so much, and not for one moment, am I gonna repent on why not me, or when will my time come and what have I done wrong. I have got my chances in the past & I will still get them. It will be when it will be!" Unadkat wrote.

"At this point in my career, with all the useful experience that I've fortunately gathered, I am only going to appreciate what comes my way and keep fighting till the very end (and that's not gonna be soon, sure!). May be that could be taken as being soft, but then, I'll keep the ruthlessness and aggression for when I am out there on the field," he added.

Unadkat also thanked his fans and well-wishers for their constant support and announced his decision to take a break from social media.

"I am super grateful for your good wishes & support. Time to focus more on my game and work even harder. Until then, social-media detox mode on!" he signed off.