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India vs England: Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri unhappy over selector Chetan Sharma's decision to include Abhimanyu Easwaran

Skipper Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri's request for Prithvi Shaw and Devdutt Padikkal as backup openers for England series has been denied.

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India vs England: Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri unhappy over selector Chetan Sharma's decision to include Abhimanyu Easwaran
Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri are unhappy over the denied request by selector Chetan Sharma | File Photo
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All is not well between the team management led Indian skipper Virat Kohli, head coach Ravi Shastri and the selection committee headed by former Indian fast bowler Chetan Sharma. After the opening batsman, Shubman Gill was injured, the team management requested the selection panel to send the openers Devdutt Padikkal and Prithvi Shaw as a backup for Gill as the opener for the upcoming Test series against England starting August 4.

However, the request has been denied by the committee to not call Shaw and Padikkal, who are in Sri Lanka with the Shikhar Dhawan-led side for the limited-overs tour.

As per a report by the news agency PTI, the request has been denied by the committee as according to the selectors the team has enough options in Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul to replace Shubman Gill and draft the Bengal batsman Abhimanyu Easwaran in the side, who has travelled with the squad as part of reserves.

However, there are several reports that suggested that team management isn't satisfied with what they have seen of Easwaran in the nets and hence made a request.

This isn't the first time when the team management and the selectors have not been on the same page regarding a player many fans suggested that Easwaran should have not been selected in the first place if the management didn't have confidence in him, while many backed the selectors' call to deny the request saying that when they have selected Easwaran, he should get chance and they were also happy that now Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul have golden opportunity to feature in the Indian XI against England in the five Test matches.

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