'Rarely Has Success In India Colours Mattered So Little'

Shashi Tharoor, the Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram and passionate cricket fan, has vehemently criticised the BCCI selection committee for their squad selections for the Sri Lanka tour.

The squads raised eyebrows with some unexpected exclusions, most notably Sanju Samson from the ODIs and Abhishek Sharma from the T20Is.

Despite Samson securing a spot in the T20I team, Abhishek, who dazzled with a sensational century in the recent T20I series against Zimbabwe, was shockingly left out.

'Interesting squad selection for India's tour of Sri Lanka later this month. @IamSanjuSamson, who hit a century in his last ODI, has not been picked for ODIs, while @IamAbhiSharma4, who hit a T20I century in the #INDvZIM series, has not been picked at all,' Dr Tharoor tweeted.

'Rarely has success in India colours mattered so little to the selectors! Good luck to the team anyway," Dr Tharoor added.