{"id":231663,"date":"2025-10-29T08:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/231663\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T08:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:02:08","slug":"why-should-anyone-bother-to-play-ranji-shashi-tharoor-calls-sarfaraz-khans-india-a-absence-an-outrage-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/231663\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Why should anyone bother to play Ranji?’: Shashi Tharoor calls Sarfaraz Khan’s India A absence an ‘outrage’ | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'WhyShashi Tharoor and Sarfaraz Khan NEW DELHI: The growing debate over India\u2019s selection policies took a fresh turn after senior Indian cricketers expressed frustration over being overlooked despite strong domestic performances. Joining the chorus, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor<\/a> voiced his anger over the omission of prolific batter Sarfaraz Khan<\/a>, calling it an \u201coutrage\u201d and a damning reflection of how domestic cricket is undervalued in the selection process.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!<\/a>Taking to social media, Tharoor wrote: \u201cThis is frankly an outrage. @SarfarazA_54 averages 65-plus in first-class cricket, scored a fifty on Test debut and a 150 in a Test we lost, made 92 in his only tour match in England (and a century in the practice match against the full Indian Test team) \u2014 and still finds himself excluded from the selectors\u2019 frame of reference.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tharoor went on to defend other seasoned campaigners who continue to perform in the domestic circuit but remain out of national reckoning. \u201cI am very glad to see @ajinkyarahane88, @PrithviShaw and @karun126 making runs in the #RanjiTrophy. Our selectors are too quick to discard proven talent in order to take a punt on \u2018potential.\u2019 Runs in domestic cricket must be valued, not just the #IPL; otherwise why should anyone bother to play the Ranji?\u201d he added.\"ShashiTharoor\u2019s remarks come amid a rare wave of public dissent from top Indian players over the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee\u2019s approach, with many citing poor communication and inconsistent evaluation criteria.Pacer Mohammed Shami recently questioned the \u201ccomeback\u201d narrative after a five-wicket haul for Bengal, subtly pointing to the lack of transparency around selection and fitness updates. Meanwhile, Ajinkya Rahane<\/a>, who smashed 159 for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy, decried what he called \u201cage-based selection\u201d, arguing that \u201cintent and experience\u201d should matter as much as youth.Karun Nair, too, voiced his frustration after being ignored despite amassing over 1,500 runs in the last two Ranji seasons, while Shardul Thakur hinted at the intense competition for limited all-rounder spots.Tharoor\u2019s intervention has reignited a long-standing debate: whether domestic cricket \u2014 once the bedrock of India\u2019s selection system \u2014 is losing its relevance in the age of IPL scouting and youth-centric policies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shashi Tharoor and Sarfaraz Khan NEW DELHI: The growing debate over India\u2019s selection policies took a fresh turn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[29282,26164,1721,45401,98293,14249,48672,8887,9317,94403,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-231663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-ajinkya-rahane","9":"tag-ajit-agarkar","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-domestic-cricket","12":"tag-india-a-selection","13":"tag-karun-nair","14":"tag-ranji-trophy","15":"tag-sarfaraz-khan","16":"tag-shardul-thakur","17":"tag-shashi-tharoor","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}