The omission of Cheteshwar Pujara from India’s Test squad has not gone down well with the former cricketers. Ex-India women’s team head coach WV Raman joined the bandwagon of former stars who lashed out at the selection committee for dropping Pujara from the Test squad.

Raman told former India opener Aakash Chopra on the latter’s YouTube channel –

“The problem is that they have picked four possible openers, and they have dropped Pujara, which is another bone of contention. A cricketer like Pujara has done a lot for Indian cricket, and he has been instrumental for India winning both at home and abroad on quite a few occasions.”

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Raman added – “He is a gritty customer. He was even elevated to vice-captaincy quite recently but a failure in the WTC final, he finds that he is left out in the cold. I think this is one decision that has not gone down well with many people, and I, personally, as well, I am not for it.”

The former India opener said that Pujara could have been given a better exit if it was the end of road for him in the Indian team.

Raman further said –

“He deserves to be treated properly. In the event, if they think it’s the end of Pujara, he could have been given a better exit, but that’s how things happen sometimes, and this is not the first case again. There are a lot of precedences as far as this kind of treatment is concerned.”