‘Yeh chaos tho tu ne hi create kiya tha’ – Fans react as Sourav Ganguly finds thought process behind making Ajinkya Rahane Test vice-captain puzzling
Sourav Ganguly served as former Indian Cricket Board president.
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Jun 30, 2023 1:52 pm
Sourav Ganguly and Ajinkya Rahane (Source: Twitter)
India will start of their new World Test Championship cycle with a two Test match series in the West Indies. Ahead of the series two notable changes made headlines on social media. One was the ouster of Cheteshwar Pujara from the Test team. The other change was the reappointment of Ajinkya Rahane as the vice-captain of the Indian Test side. Speaking more on the matter Sourav Ganguly the former Indian Cricket Board president said that he did not understand the thought process behind it as Rahane was out of the Test side for 18 months.
Rahane though on the other hand proved that he was not standing on his last legs in Test cricket. The Mumbaikar stunned one and all with his electrifying performance at the World Test Championship (WTC) final. The right-hander made 89 off 129 balls with 11 fours and one six. He put on a great partnership with Shardul Thakur when India were in trouble at one point. In the second innings as well, he showed great application as he made 46 off 108 balls with seven fours.
Selection’s should not be hot and cold, there should be consistency -Sourav Ganguly
“I won’t say it’s a step backward. You have been out for 18 months, then you play a Test and you become a vice-captain. I don’t understand the thought process behind it. There is Ravindra Jadeja, who has been there for a long time and a certainty in Test matches, he is a candidate,” Ganguly said. My only thing is that the selection shouldn’t be hot and cold. There has to be continuity and consistency in selection,” he added, highlighting his opinion.
Ganguly however, was all praise for Rahane as he spoke about Rahane as a person. “How good it is, after 18 months. He was away for 18 months from Test cricket, Many of them had written him off and probably he himself. It is not easy in Indian cricket as a batter to come back and make a statement. I think it is tremendous. There have been many comebacks in the past but not after such a long period,” The former India skipper said.
Rahane never got the credit for the mindset he has. He should be instead captain. He never get enough chances as he is not vocal. He silently plays thats why everyone is after him. He is the Goat
Ganguly himself created this chaos. He compelled Kohli to step down when India wasn’t even ready with a new captain especially in test cricket. Now that he is out of the picture, he is criticising the system which he was a part of short while ago.
— Sarvesh Deshpande (@sarrubhaiambani) June 29, 2023
maybe after WI series BCCI is looking to make rahane permanent captain for this wtc cycle bcoz there is no certainty on rohit's fitness he misses a lot of matches
I don't understand why this Rohit-Dravid combo keep going back to old, rusty outdated players. There's absolutely no vision for future of Indian cricket.
— Neelabh Pratap Singh🇮🇳 (@authorneelabh) June 30, 2023
He has provided results dont forget BGT trophy leading from the front and dropped becouse of poor performance so kohli pujara and rahane had same avg in that period but favorisom couse the his place. Some players lack skills of playing but have captaincy talent.
