'Worst In History': Gautam Gambhir Slams India's 2019 World Cup Selection Panel

22.10.2023 - 12:57 sports.ndtv.com

The Indian cricket team's selection committee has never been away from criticism and the MSK Prasad-led panel was no exception.

The team selection during the 2019 ODI World Cup put the committee under scanner as it dropped an experienced player Ambati Rayudu, India's number 4 batter, and included all-rounder Vijay Shankar in the squad instead.

Gautam Gambhir, while commentating during the India vs New Zealand 2023 Cricket World Cup match in Dharamsala on Sunday, criticised the MSK Prasad-led panel by calling it the "worst selection committee". "It was the worst selection committee in Indian cricket's history.

The reason is that you drop a batsman like Ambati Rayudu, and don't take him to the World Cup and take somebody else, even when the number four position was your biggest concern," Gambhir said on Star Sports. "You played Ambati Rayudu the entire year and dropped him before World Cup and nobody knows the reason" he added.

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