Not only Jadeja, there was a lot of controversy over not selecting Ruturaj Gaikwad and Abhishek Sharma for the T20 series against Sri Lanka.
Many former cricketers should have given a chance to Abhishek, who scored a century in his debut T20 series against Zimbabwe. Now Agarkar has given a statement on this also.
Ever since the selection of Team India for the Sri Lanka tour, there was a lot of discussion about why Ravindra Jadeja has not been selected in the ODI team. Jadeja retired from T20 International after winning the T20 World Cup 2024.
Although He did not get a place in the Indian team for the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. Now chief selector Ajit Agarkar and head coach Gautam Gambhir have given statements on this. Both of them denied that Jadeja’s career was coming to an end.
Agarkar said, ‘It was useless to take both Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja in the same short series on the Sri Lanka tour. Jadeja has not been ruled out. We have to play many Tests in a row ahead and there is a possibility of him being included in the Test series.
He is still in the scheme of things and is an important player. The ODI World Cup was fantastic for him and Jadeja is very important for us. At the same time, Gambhir also said about Jadeja- After the Sri Lanka tour we will get a long break and then we have 10 Test matches.
The challenge is about this. We will play these 10 Tests continuously and this also includes the tour of Australia. I am excited for it.
Hopefully we will be able to perform well in these 10 test matches. Agarkar has already told that the players who could not make it to this series can come into the team. Jadeja is very important for us for those 10 Test matches. Looking forward to those 10 matches.
Not only Jadeja, there was a lot of controversy over not selecting Ruturaj Gaikwad and Abhishek Sharma for the T20 series against Sri Lanka. Many former cricketers should have given a chance to Abhishek, who scored a century in his debut T20 series against Zimbabwe.
At the same time, Rituraj, who batted well in this series, should also have got a chance. From Badrinath to Srikanth had advocated the inclusion of Rituraj in the team. However, now Agarkar has given a statement in this regard.