Test cricket is the pinnacle form of cricket and true cricket fans always have that knack of watching it with utmost enthusiasm but after a bitter loss in the WTC final against Austraila, its all about moving ahead in the right direction for the next WTC cycle. today we will be talking about some names whose absence is still quite questionable for the selectors.
1) Sarfaraz Khan
Sarfaraz khan is one of the most promising cricketer in the domestic circuit of Indian cricket specially in red ball format, he was born on 22 October 1997 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. he made his debut for Mumbai in 2014-15 Ranji Trophy season and scored 566 runs at an average of 70.33, till now sarfaraz khan have scored 3559 runs at an average of 74.14 in First class cricket, and most importantly he was the youngest player to make a debut in IPL to having second highest batting average in first class cricket history just behind sir Don Bradman, this young lad have seen it all and is just waiting to don the Indian colors.
2) Priyank Panchal
Priyank Panchal is another young talent who is waiting for his opportunity, he was born on 9 April 1990
in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and made his first class debut for Gujarat in 2013 since then he has scored 8035 runs in 113 games with an average of 46.71 and 3428 runs in 91 games in List-A cricket with an average of 40.80. his breakthrough season was 2016-17 where he scored 1310 runs for Gujarat in Ranji trophy which includes a triple ton and also made the team win their maiden title. he have been part of India-A teams several times against Australia, South Africa and England and also been selected in the main team but he is still waiting for making a breakthrough in Indian colors.
3) Saurabh Kumar
Saurabh Kumar left arm orthodox Bowler who have impressed everyone in the domestic circuit but still couldn't make it to the final squad. Saurabh Kumar was born on 1st may 1993 Baghpat Uttar Pradesh, but he made his first class debut for the services team in 2014. he moved to Uttar Pradesh in 2015 and became a regular member of their team. He have scored 1894 runs and taken 264 wickets in first class cricket. he have been selected as a net bowler against England in 2021 and still waiting to make a mark in Indian colors.
4) Abhimanyu Easwaran
Abhimanyu Easwaran is right handed opening batsman who plays for Bengal. he was born on 6 September 1995, he made his first class debut in 2013 and has made 6567 run in 88 matches with an average of 47.24. he also made his debut for Bengal in list A cricket the very next year in which till now he has scored 3575 runs in 84 games with an average of 45.83. he also scored 1000 runs for India A with an average of 42.3. Easwaran was named in India's standby squad for the 2021-22 Test series against England. He was also named in India's squad for the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final and the subsequent Test series against England. However, he did not play in any of the matches. he is still waiting in the sheds to make an impact in Indian jersey.
5) Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav is one of the most prolific T20 batsman and was included in the longest format of the game because of his terrific performance in first class cricket in which he have scored 5628 runs in 82 games and 3365 runs in list A cricket in 128 games. the only question that arise from here is the reason for dropping him after making a debut and playing only one test match.
If the players keep on scoring runs in domestic cricket and the selectors keep on ignoring them on the basis of IPL performances will only degrade the trust of the players on Indian domestic cricket system and also will create a lot of confusion for everyone else.
