Former opener Aakash Chopra feels that things are not looking good for Bhuvneshwar Kumar in terms of making a comeback in the Indian cricket team. Bhuvneshwar last played a T20I for India in November 2022, while he failed to make a place in the recently-concluded ODI World Cup squad as he has been out of the ODI set-up since January last year.
The veteran pacer also missed out on a place in India’s T20I squad for the upcoming T20I series against South Africa, despite his impressive show in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy this season where he claimed 16 wickets in just 7 matches.
Chopra has stated that a roadblock has come in Bhuvneshwar’s international career and things are not looking good at the moment.
“I and you won’t decide his career because we are not the selectors, and who are we to say whether it’s over or a long career is left? It’s not looking good in the current scenario. It seems like a roadblock has come,” Aakash Chopra, former Indian cricket team opener, said on his YouTube channel.
Chopra suggested that the selectors have already put him out of the ODI scheme of things and now with snub from SA T20Is, it is looking the same in T20Is.
“You are not getting opportunities. You had a decent Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and a decent IPL as well but you are not getting picked anywhere. It was decided long back that they won’t pick him in ODIs but now they are not picking him for T20Is also,” he added.
The former opener further said that it’s praiseworthy that the Indian cricket team has a solid bench strength with young players climbing up the ranks with their performances.
“So it seems like the selectors have started looking in other directions and there are options. It is actually a praiseworthy thing about Indian cricket that you always have so many options available that you say you can go with someone else,” he added.
He also pointed out the pacers who are currently part of the set-up and making things difficult for Bhuvneshwar to make a comeback.
“So Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Deepak Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, and then you forget Umran Malik, whom you played matches four months ago. So this is the reality of Indian cricket. So for Bhuvi, you get the drift,” he said.
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