Three talented players who went in vain under the reign of Chetan Sharma-led selection committee

In a massive turnaround of things within the Indian cricketing scenario, the Indian cricket Board has reportedly sacked the entire selection committee led by the former Indian pacer Chetan Sharma. The decision is speculated to have arrived in the aftermath of the Indian team’s embarrassing 10-wicket defeat against England in the second semi-final of the 20-20 World Cup 2022.

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Talking about the working tenure of the sacked selection committee, they have made some decisions while picking the team in the past that didn’t go down well with a lot of fans and former cricketers as well. Subsequently, the team they sent to Australia ended up registering a historic misery to their name with a loss in the all-important knockout match of the tournament.

As a lot of new faces got chances under the reign of the Chetan Sharma-led selection panel. But on the other hand, there were some talented players who went in vain when this committee was actively in action.

So, here we’ll have a look at three talented Indian players who didn’t get selected by this recently sacked selection committee despite delivering good performances.

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1. Prithvi Shaw

The young Mumbai batter has shown his excellence with the bat in his most recent appearances in the Indian domestic circuit. He also impressed everyone with his stellar outings in the 2021 edition of the Indian T20 League when he played for the Delhi Capitals. Everyone in the Indian cricketing fraternity that Shaw might get a chance to feature in the white-ball team of India very soon.

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But he didn’t get a chance to appear in even a single T20I match for India till now. Selectors went on to the extent of ignoring him when they picked the second-string squads that toured Ireland, West Indies, and Zimbabwe for the bilateral assignments in white-ball cricket.

2. Ravi Bishnoi

The 22-year0-old young leggie has played 10 T20Is in the Indian colors at the highest level of the game. Two years back, he impressed everyone by ending up being the leading wicket-taker in the U-19 World Cup 2020. Later on, the selectors went on to pick him for the home assignment against West Indies. He lived up to expectations and performed brilliantly whenever he got the opportunity.

Ravi Bishnoi was also in excellent form during the Asia Cup 2022 when he delivered an amazing spell against Pakistan. But everyone was shocked when the Chetan Sharma-led panel ignored him from the main squad of the 20-20 World Cup 2021.

3. Yuzvendra Chahal

If there’s been the most debate on any ignored player from the squad or playing XI during the tenure of the Chetan Sharma-led selection committee, then he is none other than the senior and arguably the most talented spinner at the moment, Yuzvendra Chahal. Last year, when the second part of the Indian T20 League was being played, Chahal was stunning everyone with his performances while playing for Bangalore.

But, in a surprising line of decisions, selectors preferred the inexperienced Rahul Chahar over Yuzvendra Chahal. Fans were also in angst over the selection committee for ignoring the second-highest wicket-taker for India in the T20Is.