Shashi Tharoor, a Lok Sabha MP and avid cricket enthusiast, has criticised the BCCI's selection committee for their choices in the upcoming Sri Lanka tour squads. He expressed disappointment at the omission of Sanju Samson from the ODIs and Abhishek Sharma from the T20Is, despite Abhishek's impressive performance in the recent T20I series against Zimbabwe.
Taking to social media, Tharoor questioned the selectors' decisions and highlighted the lack of recognition given to players' success in the Indian team. He wished the team well for the tour.
In the T20Is against Sri Lanka, Suryakumar Yadav will lead the Indian team with Shubman Gill serving as his deputy. Rohit Sharma will lead the ODI squad, with Virat Kohli as his vice-captain.
The India squads for the Sri Lanka tour are as follows:
T20I squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohd. Siraj.
ODI squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.