Published: Jul 13, 2023, 11:10 AM (IST)
Edited: Jul 13, 2023, 11:39 AM (IST)
Hanuma Vihari, who was the part of side during the inaugural season of the World Test Championship against New Zealand opened up after getting snubbed from the second edition of the WTC cycle. The batting all-rounder broke the silence. He said that nobody told him the reason why he dropped.
Opening up on his snub from India’s Test plans, Vihari in an interaction with The Indian Express said: “Definitely, there was disappointment.”
“I didn’t find a reason why I was dropped and it was the only thing that was bothering me. Nobody really contacted me and told me the reasons why I was dropped,” he added.
Vihari also mentioned that he has now made peace with the selection calls. “It took some time and I have gone through ups and downs and I’m not worried about it now. I’ve put aside my personal side of things and I don’t take too much stress about whether I’m in the Indian team or not. There are other matches to win and it is about winning the trophies,” he said.
On the other hand, India is currently playing the 2 Test match series against Windies where visitors bowled out hosts on 150 runs on the day 1 of 1 Test at Dominica.
Men in blue will play 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is against the same opposition after finishing the Test series.
India were 80 for no loss in reply to West Indies 150 all-out in the first innings on day one of their opening Test, here on Wednesday.
After some anxious start, the left-right new opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal (40 batting) and skipper Rohit Sharma (30 batting) saw through the day in their unbroken stand.
Earlier, Indian spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin (5/60) and Ravindra Jadeja (3/26) shared eight wickets to trigger the collapse as the hosts West Indies folded for 150 after skipper Kraigg Brathwaite opted to bat.
