Why focus only on Pant? I feel bad for Rayudu: Gambhir

TIL Desk Sports/ India skipper Virat Kohli and the five wise men — selectors — led by M.S.K. Prasad may have decided to back experience while picking the 15-member squad for the World Cup in England and Wales, but former India opener Gautam Gambhir feels they may have missed out on thinking out-of-the-box and bringing in a few unknown faces to take the opponents by surprise.

On the sidelines of the CricPlay media round table, Gambhir said it was for Prasad to show faith in the youngsters and back them. However, the 2011 World Cup winning opener also added that if the current selectors feel this is the best team, then others should support them.

“I don’t know. It is ultimately about MSK because it is not about people who have experience. It is about what you think is right and that doesn’t come with experience, it comes with belief. Asked if it was unfair on Rishabh Pant as the selectors picked Dinesh Karthik over the youngster, Gambhir said that he was equally sad for Ambati Rayudu and that Pant still had age on his side, but Rayudu doesn’t.