Woe for Punekars as local boy Ruturaj Gaikwad misses out

Gunjwal said it was astonishing that Ruturaj Gaikwad was not portion of the team. ”Ruturaj has been a accordant performer successful IPL and planetary matches. I find it astonishing and unusual that helium does not marque it either to 1 dayers oregon T20s…It ever happens with Maharashtra players. Despite their bully performances, they bash not get picked.”

Citing the lawsuit of Santosh Jedhe, Gunjal said, ”He (Jedhe) was an exceptional cricketer, some with shot and bat and adjacent his fielding was apical class. In the 1992-93 Ranji season, helium had taken 36 wickets and scored 700 runs. Yet helium was not selected for the Sri Lankan team. Similarly, it has happened with accordant performers similar Surendra Bhave oregon Shantanu Sugwekar.”

Gunjal, who captained the Maharashtra Ranji squad from 1985 to 1990, said determination are respective cases wherever Maharashtra players person been snubbed contempt their outstanding show astatine home levels.

Raju Kotwal, who had coached Ruturaj erstwhile played for Varroc Academy tally by erstwhile India skipper Dilip Vengsakar successful Pimpri-Chinchwad said,”It seems similar Maharashtra players request idiosyncratic successful the enactment committee truthful that they tin marque it to the Indian team. Ruturaj is simply a subordinate who fits into each 3 formats of the game. He has the temperament, people and benignant to players T-20, 1 dayers and Test cricket. But it is astonishing that the selectors bash not see him acceptable successful immoderate format.”