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Former Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar said that Zaheer Khan’s omission was on expected lines for the fourth Test but Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh have made “soft targets”, says a report in The Indian Express.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“If you ask me, Zaheer’s exclusion was expected but I believe that Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh has been made scapegoats,” he said.<\/p>\n

“If you look at Harbhajan’s performance in Mumbai, he got to bowl some 20-odd overs (21) and also got two wickets. If India lost in Mumbai, it was a collective failure. Yuvraj also got into 30’s. If you want to drop them then why not some of the others who have also not performed. Both Yuvraj and Harbhajan are soft targets,” he added.<\/p>\n

Gavaskar was also upset with the attitude of some of the players, he said, \u201cI think a good idea would have been if chairman of selection committee (Sandip Patil) would have gone to the dressing room and spoken with the players who haven’t played some good shots to get out. Also with the bowlers. The defeat should hurt them. But sadly, I saw some of the players joking around and playing football as if nothing has happened. That’s not a good attitude.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, The Hindu<\/strong> quoted Gavaskar on the inclusion of Parvinder Awana. He said, \u201cI don\u2019t know his domestic performance but if he has done well in domestic cricket, I have no issues. But IPL can\u2019t be a yardstick for selection in national team. India cap should be earned the hard way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA captain is as good as his team. I don\u2019t think we have any alternative of Dhoni at the moment. If you want to change the captain for the heck of it, then it\u2019s different,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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