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The T20 and ODI series between India and Sri Lanka is about to start. Team India has also been announced. With the announcement of Team India, questions have also started being raised on the selection. Due to which many players are neglected.
These players were out
Team India's veteran all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Yuzvendra Chahal also did not get a chance in Team India in this tour. There is a player for Team India who has scored a century while batting at number-1 and a half-century at number-3. Despite this, the star player was not selected in either the T20 or ODI series.
Ruturaj Gaikwad did not get a place
Star batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad, who captained Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2024, was included in Team India for the Zimbabwe tour. Gaikwad performed well in this series as well, but still Gaikwad was dropped from both the series for the Sri Lanka tour.
Fans were disappointed
Fans are also disappointed with Gaikwad not getting a place. Fans are constantly sharing posts about this on social media. A user shared the post and wrote that not selecting Ruturaj Gaikwad for the Sri Lanka tour is a failure of justice! He deserves to play. We want Ruturaj back.
Gill got a chance to leave Gaikwad
Shubhman Gill was made the captain of Team India in the Zimbabwe series. Under Gill's captaincy, Team India won the series 4-1. Ruturaj Gaikwad also performed brilliantly in this series. However, ignoring Gaikwad, Gill was given a chance in T20 and was also made the vice-captain.
Gill–Gaikwad statistics
Talking about T20 statistics, Gaikwad's statistics are better than Gill. While Gill has scored 505 runs in 19 innings at a strike rate of 139, Gaikwad has scored 633 runs in 20 innings at a strike rate of 143. Both the batsmen have scored one century each in T20 International.