Shikha Pandey finds herself out of the 18-member Indian squad headed to Bangladesh for 3 ODIs and three T20Is this month.
After a stellar marketing campaign within the inaugural Women’s Premier League a couple of months in the past, the place she picked up 10 wickets in 9 video games ending as the perfect Indian pacer, her omission within the Bangladesh collection raised many eyebrows.
“If I say that I’m not frustrated and angry. Then I’m not a human being,” Pandey advised W V Raman in his weekly present on Sportstar.
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“It’s difficult when you don’t get the results for the work you’ve put in. I’m sure there is some reason behind it, which I do not know of,” the 34-year-old stated.
Shikha was dropped for the ODI World Cup in New Zealand in 2022, a transfer that was criticised as India went in and not using a potent tempo choice to companion Jhulan Goswami and finally step up in her absence. Her subsequent and newest look in India colors was within the T20 World Cup earlier this yr – a return to the worldwide stage after nearly two years.
“When I was dropped, I thought of walking away from cricket. Many people said I was talking an emotional call and suggested that I give myself some time in the sport. They thought I had some cricket left in me,” she defined.
Shikha by no means disconnected from the game. She stayed lively within the home scene and even pursued membership alternatives in Australia late final yr. Representing Wynnum-Manly Cricket Club within the girls’s First Grade competitors, she scored a century and took two wickets on debut.
“Selections are not in my hands and I don’t know why I have not been picked. It’s just about keeping faith, I would say, and being hopelessly hopeful. I still think there’s some cricket left in me,” she added.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com