Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar said that young Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal deserves an apology from India's selectors for dropping him from the Indian ODI team for the series against Afghanistan. The ODI series against Afghanistan begins on June 14 and will consist of three matches.
The squad, as announced by the Ajit Agarkar-led selection panel, consisted of a multitude of surprises in terms of both inclusions and exclusions. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant have both been dropped, as has Axar Patel, while Ishan Kishan has earned a recall.
Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami have been rested owing to injuries, but Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya have been selected with an asterisk over their fitness.
Seamers Prince Yadav and Gurnoor Brar have earned their maiden call-ups alongside left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey. The rest of the squad is along expected lines.
"Pick up the phone and apologise to Yashasvi Jaiswal" - Manjrekar
Speaking on Sportstar, Sanjay Manjrekar said that the selectors owed the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan an apology for overlooking them in favour of aging veterans like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli
Manjrekar pointed out that Rohit's lack of fitness was making the selectors take unnecessary compromises. "Sai Sudharsan has got a couple of 50s in the last set of innings playing at the top of the order for India in ODIs. Yashasvi Jaiswal's last ODI innings was a 116 not out, and these guys are not playing for India."
"The selectors have gone with a veteran whose fitness is a question mark, and he is clearly out of form. Explain that to me, what is the logic behind that, what is the vision?" Sanjay Manjrekar said.
"If they were compelled, and had to make a compromise and pick Rohit Sharma for whatever reason, the first thing they have got to do is pick up the phone and apologise to Jaiswal, because this is a young player who has done tremendous things at the toughest level, he is in his prime with a bright future ahead."
"You have a tailor-made top three in Gill, Sai Sudharsan, and Jaiswal, and you are not backing them, and going towards Rohit Sharma. At least with Virat Kohli, there is some case," he elaborated.
Sanjay Manjrekar went on to say that there was currently an abundance of young Indian batters perfectly capable of emulating Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Manjrekar also said that the selection committee needed to look forward to the future of Indian cricket, and that ageing veterans like Kohli and Rohit may not necessarily be a part of it now.
"It cannot be that the chairman of selectors, Ajit Agarkar, believes that this is the right way forward for Indian cricket. I cannot imagine him thinking this is the right way forward. If you are going to focus so much on Rohit and Virat that you are going to ignore all the others, there comes a time when you look at the way forward for Indian cricket. All of these batters like Gill, Kishan, Sudharsan, and Gaiwkad are class. Give them 10 innings, they will give you the same numbers that Virat and Rohit have," Manjrekar stated.
Yashasvi Jaiswal in ODIs
With the apparent overcrowding in India's top order in the format, Jaiswal had to wait until 2025 to make his ODI debut despite already playing the other two formats almost two years earlier.
Overall, Yashasvi Jaiswal has played only 4 ODIs and made 171 runs in them. Including 116* in his last match, as pointed out by Manjrekar. Jaiswal currently has a batting average of 57 and a strike rate of 86 in the format.
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