After the Test series between India and Bangladesh, a 3-match T20 series will be played. Team India's squad has been announced for this series. Many big decisions have been taken for the selection of the Indian team. At the same time, young players have entered the team and some have returned to the team after a long time. But a surprising decision has also been taken by the selectors. A top ranking player in T20 has not got a place in the squad. This player has performed very well for the Indian team, yet he has missed out on getting a place in the team.
BCCI has announced a team of 15 players for the upcoming three-match T20 series against Bangladesh. Star batsman Rituraj Gaikwad has not been selected in this team, which is quite surprising. Actually, Ruturaj Gaikwad is at number 9 in the ICC T20 rankings, yet he has not been included in the squad. His recent performance has also been quite excellent. In the last 7 T20 matches, he has scored 356 runs with an average of 71.2 and strike rate of 157.45.
Rituraj Gaikwad is an opening batsman, but he has scored runs in different positions for Team India. This year he has scored 133 runs for Team India at an average of 66.5 and strike rate of 158.3. Whereas, last year he had scored 365 runs at an average of 60.8 and strike rate of 147.2. Despite these strong figures, he is constantly in and out of Team India.
Ruturaj Gaikwad was last selected in the Indian T20 team on the Zimbabwe tour. On that tour, he played very well playing different positions. After this, he was not selected in the T20 team on the Sri Lanka tour and now he has missed this series also. Rituraj Gaikwad has played a total of 6 ODI and 23 T20 matches for Team India so far. In ODI, he has scored 115 runs at an average of 19.16 and in T20, he has scored 633 runs at an average of 39.56.
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