"There are many laughable things happening in Indian cricket": Venkatesh Prasad launched a scathing attack on the Indian cricket management

Former India pacer and bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad termed Jalaj Saxena's non-selection from the South Zone squad for Duleep Trophy 2023 as shameful. The domestic season is about to start soon in India. Duleep Trophy 2023 will start first from June 28. Six teams have been announced for this. In all these teams, some such players have not found a place who have performed brilliantly at the domestic level. Among them is all-rounder Jalaj Saxena.

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Questioning the BCCI's selection system, Venkatesh Prasad tweeted, "There are many laughable things happening in Indian cricket. The highest wicket taker in Ranji Trophy not being picked even for the South Zone team is as baffling as it gets. Just renders the Ranji Trophy useless..what a shame."

There are many laughable things happening in Indian cricket. The highest wicket taker in Ranji Trophy not being picked even for the South Zone team is as baffling as it gets. Just renders the Ranji Trophy useless..what a shame https://t.co/pI57RbrI81

— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) June 18, 2023

Venkatesh Prasad vented his anger at the selection committee for not including Jalaj Saxena. He called Saxena's omission as "baffling", claiming the selectors didn't give much weightage to India's premier red ball domestic competition, which is the Ranji Trophy.

Jalaj Saxena, the highest wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy 2022-23 season, took to Twitter to express his disappointment. The all-rounder from Kerala took 50 wickets in 13 innings in the Ranji Trophy last season. His best performance was 11 for 102 against Services. Despite this, BCCI didn't select him for the Duleep Trophy.

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Saxena has been a regular figure in the domestic circuit and has made 133 first-class appearances, during which he has claimed a total of 410 wickets. He also has 6567 runs under his name at an average of 34.74, which include 14 hundreds and 32 fifties. The 2023 edition of Duleep Trophy will start from June 28, also marking the starts of the senior men's 2023-24 domestic season in India.

Highest wicket taker in Ranji trophy in India( Elite Group) didn't get picked in Duleep trophy. Can you please check whether it has ever happened in the Indian Domestic history? Just wanted to know. Not blaming anyone 🙏 https://t.co/Koewj6ekRt

— Jalaj Saxena (@jalajsaxena33) June 17, 2023

Most quickly, Saxena himself put this matter before the world. He expressed his grief by tweeting. Jalaj wrote, "Highest wicket taker in Ranji trophy in India ( Elite Group) didn't get picked in Duleep trophy. Can you please check whether it has ever happened in the Indian Domestic history? Just wanted to know. Not blaming anyone."