'Hum karte hain prabandh, aap chinta mat kijiye' - Fans react as Sourav Ganguly expresses disappointment over Sarfaraz Khan, Abhimanyu Easwaran being left out of India squad

Former Indian Cricket Board chief Sourav Ganguly expressed his disappointment after the selectors overlooked star domestic cricketers, Sarfaraz Khan and Abhimanyu Eeswaran from India's Test squad for the upcoming West Indies tour. The tour is set to be held in July with T20Is, ODIs and Tests.

"I feel for Sarfaraz Khan, he should get an opportunity for the number of runs that he has scored in the last 3 years and it's the same thing for Abhimanyu Easwaran,” Ganguly was quoted as saying.

Although, the Indian cricket fans did not take Ganguly’s statement kindly and trolled him for criticising the board and selectors. Perhaps, it is because even during Ganguly's tenure as the Indian Cricket Board chief, Sarfaraz was not picked in the national squad for any format.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Dada to Sarfaraz :- pic.twitter.com/KnOZ4oG5E1

— kya karoge jaan kar (@batka_grip) June 29, 2023

Ye bol kon saheb bol rhe h. Or kisko bol rhe hai. Shameful

— Yatin (@yogender07) June 29, 2023

Pichle saal tak to ye bhi president the mauka kya nahi Diya jab?

— CricKom (@Deepans23952324) June 29, 2023

Lol the guy ruined the whole vibe of ICT and now giving suggestions and criticising lol

— Archer (@poserarcher) June 29, 2023

if Rohit Sharma can play with this physique why can't Sarfaraz? pic.twitter.com/FShQti1sE9

— Tweeting Quarantino (@rohitadhikari92) June 29, 2023

To ye ganguli ne wo BCCI head th tab kyu nahi kiya

— Harshal (@HarshalLahane1) June 29, 2023

Sky and Kishan can get chance due to IPL Mumbai lobby...
But talented domestic players can't 😂

— Cheems Bond (@Cheems_Bond_007) June 29, 2023

Ganguly Dada talking sense like he always does🫡🫡

— Bakri Player (@91_of_79) June 29, 2023

Speaking of Sarfaraz Khan’s performances in First-Class cricket, he has played 37 matches for Mumbai so far, scoring 3,505 runs with a staggering average of 79.65 including 13 centuries and nine half-centuries to his name. He has been performing consistently in the domestic circuit including the Ranji Trophy and other First-Class tournaments.

On the other hand, Bengal batter Abhimanyu Easwaran has been playing First-Cricket for Bengal since 2013. In his domestic career of almost a decade, Easwaran has scored 6,556 runs in 150 innings and 87 matches, with 22 centuries and 26 half-centuries.

Both Sarfaraz and Easwaran have been continuously knocking on the doors of the selectors of India but they have been overlooked time and again. In the last few days, a lot of former cricketers and experts of the game have echoed the opinion that it is not good for these kinds of talents to go chanceless in the Indian domestic cricket structure.