I think it is totally unfair to send Pathan back to India in the middle of the test series. It will badly affect the pacer's confidence. I believe his lack of form in the recent past is because he is lacking his confidence. He is under tremendous pressure to perform well to be the part of Team India.
This action of sending him back will morally affect the other team members and will help only to increase their pressure to perform well.
Also I wonder why the same treatment is not given to the same kind performers like Sehwag and Jaffer?? Did u saw how Sehwag throw away his wicket in the 1st innigs of the 2nd test match? His foolishness should be punished if Irfan has to go back India.
I conclude this move as totally unfair to Pathan and the entire Indian team
I don't know what is going on in the mind of selectors, coach and the captain? If we forget for a while the 1st test win of India we can clearly see the overall form of the team and the players.
It was Pathan who played the major role in the four day practice test match with the highest score in both the innings and bag himself man of the match trophy and from there India's momentum changed tremoundesly.
Pathan is just the 2nd genuine all-rounder player India have in the history of Indian cricket. The role of a all-rounder is to play well with bat and bowl. Sometimes an all-rounder play good with bat sometime play well with bowl. Now-a-days he is playing well with bat (better than the main batsmans in the team) so why he was ruled out of the team suddenly.
Sehwag, Jaffer, and other players are also not scoring runs for a long time. I think in india only batsman can survive for long. A batsman is being kept in the team despite frequent failures and a bowler is being ruled out only from one poor performance.
This is really unjustice and if this keep on going than I don't know where is the team going?
sehwag should go back to renji trophy.team have to expect something from irfan.he is the good allrounder.why the sellection cummittee is keeping sehwag?
I will not say whether this decision was wrong or right but I will ask why only Irfan? Everyone will agree it is Sehwag who need this reprimand. I think BCCI has to find some scapegoat and needless to say it had to be Irfan. Its just a gimmick, like today's fiasco of dashing the hopes of a young Delhi bowler who was ask to join the men in blues at SA. For the purists my advise is don't be taken in by this moves of the BCCI, who have put the Indian cricket into a big quagmare and also a laughing stock of the sporting communities.
As pathan was not to be considered for remaining matches in SA.It was a correct move to send back pathan as he would get a chance to play in ranji trophy matches and regain his lost confidence and form
I don't think that any player should send back in the middle of the tour because it would break the players confidence instead of the they should support him at this time when a player is in out of form, but here its just opposite.
