Overview
- Wasim Jaffer, posting on X on Monday, said it was “not right” if a two-time World Cup winner like Yuvraj Singh was not told his status and pressed the BCCI and team management for direct communication.
- Yuvraj recently told Sports Tak he never received a clear message from then captain Virat Kohli or head coach Ravi Shastri about the end of his India career.
- He said MS Dhoni told him he was not in the 2019 World Cup plans and to pass the yo-yo fitness test, which he did, yet he was not brought back into contention.
- Yuvraj added that peers Zaheer Khan, Virender Sehwag, and Harbhajan Singh also lacked clarity on their exits and said there was “zero clarity” from the National Cricket Academy, the captain, or the coach.
- The former all-rounder last played for India in June 2017 and retired in 2019, and his claims are feeding a broader push for formal, face-to-face explanations for senior players nearing selection cutoffs.