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After being excluded from Team India for a long time, veteran leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is set to make his comeback during the upcoming tour of South Africa.
Following stellar performances in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Chahal has been included in India’s squad for the three-match ODI series against the Proteas.
However, former off-spinner Harbhajan Singh feels that the selectors have given Chahal a ‘lollypop’. Bhajji was unhappy over the leg-spinner’s exclusion from the T20I series.
“There is no Yuzvendra Chahal in T20 format. You kept him in ODIs but not T20Is. Lollypop de diya hai bande ko (They just gave him a lollypop to suck on). We won’t take in the format where you do well but will take for other formats. It’s beyond my understanding,” Bhajji said on his official YouTube channel.
Moreover, Bhajji also expressed his displeasure over the exclusion of Test specialists Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and Umesh Yadav from the Indian team.
“South Africa tour is not easy. It’s tough for batters. There you won’t have Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane. Youth are indeed getting opportunities. It’s a good thing. But I don’t think that selectors had a chat with Rahane, Pujara, or Umesh Yadav because whenever Yadav has played in Tests, he has performed,” Bhajji added.
