Team India / How was the team selection done during the time of Kohli-Shastri? Former selector opened the poll

Team India | Former selector of Indian cricket team Sarandeep Singh has exposed the former coach of Team India Ravi Shastri. Former selector Sarandeep Singh has exposed the secret of how team selection was done during the time of Ravi Shastri and captain Virat Kohli. Ravi Shastri had recently said in one of his statements that the decision not to select Ambati Rayudu was not his nor did he have any role in the decision to keep the three wicketkeepers together.

Former selector opened the poll

Let us tell you that in the semi-final match of 2019 World Cup, Team India Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik and MS Dhoni landed with three wicketkeepers and India was out of the World Cup after losing in this match at the hands of New Zealand. Now former Indian selector Sarandeep Singh has exposed Ravi Shastri. Sarandeep Singh has reprimanded Ravi Shastri for one of his statements. According to Sarandeep Singh, nothing would have happened without the consent of Ravi Shastri and captain Virat Kohli.

How was the team selection done?

Shastri had told the Times of India, 'It was not right according to me to pick three wicketkeepers together for the 2019 World Cup. Either Ambati Rayudu or Shreyas Iyer could have been taken. What was the point of MS Dhoni, Rishabh and Dinesh being together? But I never interfered in the work of the selectors. On this, former selector and spinner Sarandeep Singh said that the selection committee did not do anything without discussing with captain Virat Kohli and then coach Ravi Shastri.

Selection committee used to run on Shastri's demand

Sarandeep Singh said, 'The coach really had no right in the selection, but the committee was always on the same opinion with the captain and the coach. Ravi Shastri is right that the coach has no role in the selection meeting but the selection committee goes to the field, talks to the captain and the head coach and tells them about the plans and we also ask what they want. Or if there is a player you are seeking. If you look at the last few years, we are winning almost every bilateral series.

our thoughts have never been different

Sarandeep Singh said, 'He was the head coach, so he can say which player he wants. He can say anything to Virat what he wants. Sometimes it happens that we feel differently, but at the end of the day we are always of the same opinion. For four years we have never had a different opinion with Ravi bhai and he is a good coach too. He listens to us all the time. We were always sitting together and always on the same opinion.

It is the job of the team management to choose the playing XI.

Sarandeep also explained the reason for including wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant in the team after Shikhar Dhawan was injured. He told, 'All three wicketkeepers are very good as batsmen. A selector does not interfere with the selection. Rishabh Pant was selected after Shikhar Dhawan was injured during the World Cup. We already had an opener in KL Rahul. Sarandeep said, 'We were looking for someone who would come and bat in the middle order and play big shots. This is the reason why Rishabh Pant was in the team, but choosing the playing XI is the job of the team management. The selection committee does not interfere in this. If you are looking at the selection of Rishabh Pant in the 2019 World Cup, then he was not his first choice. MS Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik were in the team and we were winning all the matches. We also topped the table.