Irrespective of what Indian selectors had in mind when picking the squads , left-arm spinner would be feeling shortchanged
For it’s difficult to fathom what one needs to do in order to stay in the squad, especially after being adjudged the man-of-the match in your last Test. That’s precisely the case with Ojha who ended with a match-haul of ten wickets when he featured in Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell Test in November against the West Indies.
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Ironically, that was the last game he played for India as he did not get a look in in the two-Test series that concluded against South Africa on Monday.
For the record, Ojha has taken 113 wickets in 24 Tests and 21 wickets in 18 ODIs. The Sandeep Patil-led selection panel has chosen six pacemen for the two Tests in New Zealand.