Mumbai: Many senior Indian cricketers were absent from the squad for the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe (IND Vs ZIM). Sanju Samson was one of them. But many feel that he was rested in the rotation system. But another experienced player was not seen in the Zimbabwe series. The question arose about his absence. Fingers are pointing at the voters. And that question was raised by former Indian wicket keeper batsman Deep Dasgupta.

Deep questions Akshar Patel’s absence. He says on his YouTube channel, ‘I agree that Samson was not played for the rotation system. But Akshar Patel was also not played in the Zimbabwe series. If I am not very wrong Akshar is the number one spinner in the country now in this format. Why is nobody questioning the selectors about why he didn’t play?’

Akshar was in the XI in all five T20Is against England. He took a total of five wickets. In addition to taking four wickets in the last match, the left-handed all-rounder also played an unbeaten innings of 57 runs. In the case of Samson, Deep argues, ‘Two openers can be played in a match. In that case I think an opening combination is best, Abhishek Sharma was played with Vaibhav in search of that. There are other options like Gill, Sudarshan, Jaiswal, Pravsimran and Priyansh.’

It should be noted that Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his debut in international cricket against England. He scored only 42 runs in three matches. But he scored two fifties in the three-match series against Zimbabwe. He also won the series best award.

Having performed well in the T20 series, is Vaibhav stepping up in the one day format? Former Indian cricketer Farooq Engineer wants Vaibhav Suryavanshi to be considered as an opener along with Rohit in next year’s World Cup. Drawing the attention of the BCCI selectors and Ajit Agarkar, the engineer told news agency PTI, “Gill is an exceptional player. I think he should make himself fit to bat at the number four position. Vaibhav Asuk with Rohit in ODI format. Gill is not the kind of player who bats in a frenzy from the first ball. In that case Rohit If he plays in the open, then Vaibhav will actually see a left-right combination.’