A record photograph of Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla stadium. (Getty Photographs)

New Delhi: Variety controversies have plagued Delhi’s junior cricket device for years. It reared its head as soon as once more after a present India U-19 participant used to be excluded from the state U-19 workforce scheduled to play the Vinoo Mankad Trophy.The participant in query is a right-arm medium pacer Aayush Singh, who not too long ago used to be part of India ‘B’ U-19 workforce that took phase in a Quadrangular collection in Lucknow.

The match had two India U-19 groups – A and B at the side of junior groups from Nepal and Afghanistan.

In accordance BCCI’s GM (Cricket Operations) Saba Karim, the India U-19 ‘B’ workforce comprised avid gamers who’re these days elderly between 16 and 17 and shall be eligible for the 2020 ICC U-19 International Cup.

Then again on Friday, when Delhi’s junior variety committee picked the squad for Vinoo Mankad Trophy ((Nationwide U-19 One-Day match), Aayush’s identify used to be no longer within the 15-member workforce led by means of Mayank Rawat.

Much more inexplicable used to be his omission from the 13 member standby checklist – perfect lately as it is generally limited to between 4 to 6 avid gamers.

When a supply on the subject of junior variety committee used to be contacted, he gave a odd clarification: “Sure, the selectors have no longer picked Aayush as neither of the trio of Siddharth Verma, Mayank Tehlan and Chetan Sharma (no longer India world) have noticed this boy bowl. Sure, he has been part of the India B squad however Delhi selectors have no longer noticed him.”

When additional probed how come this boy wasn’t even just right sufficient to be within the stand-by checklist, the reputable stated: “I believe he took six wickets in 4 suits for Delhi within the Nationwide U-16 (day suits). Now what did junior nationwide selectors noticed in him, handiest they know.”

For the report, Aayush used to be picked within the India B (U-19) squad by means of variety committee comprising former India internationals Debasish Mohanty, Ashish Kapoor, Gyanendra Pandey at the side of home veterans Rakesh Parikh and Amit Sharma.

First Printed: September 22, 2018, 10:43 PM IST