It also showed that most of the guys named in the tweet, have been on the fringe of national selection for a while and were prepared for the plunge when their turn came. It showed that the much maligned selection committee of the previous few years were quietly going about their job of marking down players for various slots in different formats.
Only those following the game did not notice that Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant have been part of the India A scheme since 2015. Of these names, Siraj had been earmarked in particular following his performances in first-class cricket for Hyderabad.
He has been playing consistently for India A over the last few years and has been picking a number of wickets in red-ball format. So it was hardly a surprise that Siraj was picked as a ready replacement for Ishant Sharma when the senior paceman was ruled out. Siraj had been in the next line after Saini who had also been…