New Delhi, Dec 29: Former spinner Harbhajan Singh questioned India’s decision to leave Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara behind for their Test tour against South Africa.
The Proteas crushed India’s hopes of winning their first Test series in South Africa as they clinched a remarkable victory in the first Test by an innings and 32 runs within three days. Pujara and Rahane were the two players who were a part of India’s Test team in the early months of 2023 but were sidelined for the two-match Test series.
Pujara made his last Test appearance during India’s World Test Championship final loss against Australia. While Rahane made his last Test appearance during India’s tour of the West Indies.
Rahane made 94 runs in the two Test appearances, while, Pujara scored 41 runs across both innings in the WTC final.
Harbhajan questioned India’s decision to leave both experienced batters out of the squad and said on his YouTube channel, “Didn’t select Ajinkya Rahane and have left Cheteshwar Pujara out for no reason.
These are the two players who have scored runs everywhere. If you look at the previous record Pujara has the same contribution as Kohli had. I don’t understand why Pujara has been left out, we still don’t have a better batter than Puajra in Test cricket. (Agencies)
