Overview
- Former selector Devang Gandhi challenged the workload rationale after noting Mohammed Siraj’s continued participation in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
- Mohammed Siraj featured in domestic T20s for Hyderabad and was named in the squad for the Jammu and Kashmir match, though he did not make the playing XI.
- India picked three frontline seamers for the ODI series — Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana and Prasidh Krishna — who have fewer than 50 ODIs combined.
- India posted 350-plus in both matches but failed to defend 359 in the second ODI, exposing the attack’s lack of bite.
- Harbhajan Singh and Deep Dasgupta publicly questioned selection calls, with Harbhajan asking why Mohammed Shami was not chosen as experience cover while Jasprit Bumrah rests.