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Indian cricketers react after being overlooked for India's tours of New Zealand and Bangladesh

Prithvi Shaw, Umesh Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi and Nitish Rana share cryptic posts after missing on India's squad.

Indian cricketers react after being overlooked for India's tours of New Zealand and Bangladesh
Indian cricketers share cryptic posts after missing on India's squad

Last Updated: 10.38 AM, Nov 01, 2022

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Sunday saw chairman of selectors, Chetan Sharma, name the ODI, T20I and Test squads for India's upcoming tour of New Zealand and Bangladesh.

Young batter Prithvi Shaw was the most distraught after being left out. The opener has not been able to play for India for more than a year. The young lad, disappoineted with the news, dropped a post on his Instagram story, expressing his disappointment.

Shaw wrote, "Hope you are watching everything Sai Baba,"

Prithvi Shaw on Instagram
Prithvi Shaw on Instagram

Shaw is not the only one, even pacer Umesh Yadav posted a note that read, "May be you can fool me, but God is watching you mind that."

Umesh Yadav on Instagram
Umesh Yadav on Instagram

Another Indian batter overlooked was Nitish Rana. He too, disappointed shared a note that read, "Hope, hold on, pain ends."

Nitish Rana on Instagram
Nitish Rana on Instagram

Spinner Ravi Bishnoi meanwhile wrote, "Come back is always stronger than setback."

Ravi Bishnoi on Instagram
Ravi Bishnoi on Instagram

Talking about some players, BCCI chief selector was questioned about why were Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan being excluded despite their consistent performances. However, Chetan Sharma insisted that their time will also come. 

"Sarfaraz Khan is brilliant player but he don't have a space now - he is a serious contender," said Sharma. 

"Prithvi Shaw will get the chances in the Indian team soon," he added. 

Squad for Bangladesh Tests:

Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav.

Squad for Bangladesh ODIs:

Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, W Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Yash Dayal

Squad for NZ ODIs:

Shikhar Dhawan (C), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), W Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen, Umran Malik.

Squad for NZ T20Is:

Hardik Pandya (C), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), W Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik.

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