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Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has urged the BCCI to finish the “superstar culture” within the crew and decide gamers for future assignments solely on the premise of efficiency and never on status. Harbhajan’s stinging remarks got here after India’s 1-3 Check collection defeat to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the primary time in a decade. Harbhajan stated the struggling gamers ought to play some type of cricket and show themselves in the event that they want to be picked for the England Check tour.
“It should be based on performance only, whether it is Virat, Rohit or anyone. No player is bigger than the game, even if he thinks in his mind that he is a big superstar. If we have to take Indian cricket forward, we have to ask tough questions.
“I’m not saying that you must drop them however in the event you take them on tour, they (struggling gamers) ought to play some type of cricket whether or not county cricket or one thing earlier than England tour,” he added.
Harbhajan has asked the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee to “get up” and take decisions that would benefit Indian cricket.
“This can be a problem for the selectors, however it’s time for selectors to get up and take some motion.
“I don’t say that any player be dropped, and unnecessarily start chopping and dropping but at least there should be a procedure as to who will get how many chances and for how long, because in India there is a long queue of talents.”
He additionally spoke about Kohli’s struggles prior to now few years.
“Virat has played 11 Tests in 2024 and scored 440 runs. The average is 23.15, with one hundred and one fifty. Such an average may be unheard of because he is a very big name. This stat is obviously very low. When I saw it, it was a shocking stat for me too.
“For those who give a teen a possibility, I really feel he may even be capable of do that a lot (match the stats of Kohli).” H
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