'Feeling bad for him' - Fans lash out at BCCI after Suryakumar Yadav is ignored for Sri Lanka and Australia series

The selectors, on Monday, announced India’s T20I and ODI squads for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka and Australia respectively. India will play three T20Is against Sri Lanka before taking on Australia in as many 50-over games. The biggest news from the squad selection was the return of pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah as well as senior opener Shikhar Dhawan.

Bumrah has not played a competitive game since the end of tour of West Indies as he was sidelined with a back injury. He is a part of both the squads. Dhawan, on the other hand, injured his knee last month while playing in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and missed the T20I as well as ODI series against West Indies this month.

Among other major news, Rohit Sharma and Mohammed Shami were rested for the T20I series against Sri Lanka. Rohit has been playing non-stop cricket since the start of the year and deserved the rest while Shami’s workload management was also important, keeping in mind the crucial tour of New Zealand in February.

Among players who missed out are Deepak Chahar and Mayank Agarwal. Agarwal was in the ODI team as a replacement for Dhawan and was thus dropped as the latter returned. On the other hand, Chahar has suffered a back injury and is set to remain on the sidelines for a lengthy spell. He was a part of the ODI team for the West Indies series but was ruled out before the third game due to the injury.

Suryakumar Yadav’s absence causes a stir

While the squad announced was more or less on expected lines, some fans were not at all impressed with the BCCI’s decision of not picking up Suryakumar Yadav. The Mumbai star has been one of the best batsmen in the ongoing domestic season and has made a big impression with his finishing abilities. Yadav scored 392 at a strike rate of 168 in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019-20 and averaged 113 from four innings in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019-20 tournament.

However, those stats did not change his fortunes as he keeps on waiting for his maiden call-up from the national side. And the fans were furious with the selectors’ decision as they took to Twitter to slam the same.

Here are some of the reactions:

In a world where there is Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Prthivi Shaw how does Kedhar Jadhav find a place is the biggest mystery.#INDvSL #INDvAUS

— Maitri (@pull_playlist) December 23, 2019

Selection team if u guys have some shame left drop Kedar Jadhav asap. He is almost over and please don't give lame excuses that he gives addictional option with the ball. Players like Suryakumar Yadav deserves chances now.

— Awarapan 🇮🇳 (@KingSlayer_05) December 23, 2019

Suryakumar Yadav misses out in the ODI selection against Australia, Kedar Jadhav will continue for India. Sky deserved a chance after performing so well in domestic circuit!!

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 23, 2019

this is really heartbreaking, man.
Undoubtedly, Surya Kumar Yadav is a better player than Shikhar Dhawan (in T20Is) and Kedar Jadhav (in ODIs). Has been in some phenomenal form off late and you just cannot ignore that @BCCI. pic.twitter.com/BqUQmFUfIr

— Prajakta Bhawsar (@18prajakta) December 23, 2019

Really unlucky, this lad SuryaKumar Yadav. Would have been great had He been drafted in to play the role of a finisher. Especially with Hardik still not being available. https://t.co/g5di2CnuUf

— Abhishek Barthur (@imabhi27) December 23, 2019

Don't understand the logic of selecting Kedar Jadhav again when you have inform Suryakumar Yadav!!!@imVkohli @SGanguly99 @RaviShastriOfc @BCCI @surya_14kumar https://t.co/QWzb9eUyx0

— Rahuljit Mazumder (@iamrahuljit) December 24, 2019

Suryakumar Yadav deserved a place

— Prashanth C (@Prashanth_mcs) December 23, 2019

Feeling bad for Suryakumar Yadav. Guy did lot of hardwork in last few months, posted 2-3 Kohli praising tweets everyday on an average. No justice in this world.

— Maheshmello (@cheeku_254) December 23, 2019

Give a chance to suryakumar yadav in place of kedar jadhav 🙂

— Rahul Seb (@SebRahul) December 23, 2019