⭐ Merited by Virtual miner (1)
Did India have to choose between Jadeja and Ashwin and they chose the former one? I am missing Ashwin and felt he would stand a chance but he is not playing. Also, Raina has been long forgotten even though he's a good batsman and better than Shikhar. Shikhar did not perform well in the Australian series too except for one match. I miss the 2011 team that had better players than this team.
Jadeja and Ashwin comparison is not logical due to various reasons if we are eyeing on World Cup Squad.
1. Ashwin competition is not Jadeja but Spin duo Kuldeep and Chahal.
2. Ashwin's shorter format career is already finished if we are talking about his place in the Indian team. In a Test match, he's still a big asset for India.
Same With Sikhar and Raina.
1. One is opening Batsman and other is Middle order batsman.
2. Agree Raina didn't perform badly per se but he didn't perform exceptionally well according to his ability. he was a mediocre performer when he was given chance in England tour. as far as I remember his 30-35 runs inning didn't help Indian team's cause.
3. His competition was with Ambati Raydu and we all know even Raydu didn't make into the team due to Vijay Shankar.
Well, Mohammad Amir's selection was well expected even before the England series, as Pakistan's bowling attack is vividly useless without him. However, the whole series (Eng vs. Pak) proved that the whole bowling line-up of Pakistani team is lacking experience as well (for example, not bowling the yorkers when they were extremely needed during the ODI series) and some change(s), along with inclusion of Mohammad Amir, were immediately required within the World Cup squad. IMHO, the PCB took the right decision by including these two in the squad, it was very much required.
However, apparently, Junaid Khan isn't very happy with the decision:
Yeah, I watched Ramij Raja's analysis on this. Amir selection make sense but Wahab Riaz looks odd selection to me ( he didn't played cricket since Champions trophy, we all know how he bowled in his last match against India) guess PCB making case for him due to his performance in PSL? ( His Yorker technique etc)
About Junaid : guess its Indian subcontinent thing
Raydu made some sarcastic comment as well but English Player David Willey didn't expressed his feelings in same manner.