BCCI scheduling goof up could hand a comeback to Yuvraj and Gambhir

India A Squad for two four-day games: Priyank Panchal, R Samarth, Sudip Chatterjee, Shreyas Iyer, Ankit Bawne, Karun Nair (capt), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shahbaz Nadeem, K Gowtham, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Ankit Rajpoot

Yuvraj was a part of the Indian ODI team as late as the West Indies tour. He was ignored for the Sri Lanka limited overs series after failing a yo-yo test, which relates to the fitness of an athlete.

Both Gambhir and Yuvraj have been surprisingly ignored from the tournaments.

It came as a crude shock to everyone when Yuvraj was not named in any of the teams of the Duleep Trophy, despite being perfectly fit.

Gautam Gambhir on the other hand made a comeback to the Indian Test side last year but lost his position in the side after playing just 2 matches.

The selectors since then have continued to ignore the left handed opening batsman.

Gambhir ironically was the highest scorer of last season’s Duleep Trophy, which also earned him an Indian call-up.

The scheduling goof up by BCCI could well actually open another opportunity for the Indian veterans to give one final push to get into the Indian side.

The Duleep Trophy final scheduled from September 25 to 29 will be played in Lucknow while the first four-day match between the A teams of India and New Zealand will begin from 23 of the same month in Vijayawada.

The India A side will be led by Karun Nair, who is a part of India Green.

It is impossible to predict which of the two among India Red, Green and Blue will make it to the finals; it is a certainty that many of them will miss the final.

This absentee in the Duleep Trophy final could open the doors for the likes of Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir.

Otherwise why would they have scheduled the first match of India A vs New Zealand A during the Duleep Trophy final with as many as 14 players common in both the fixtures?

Can a player be present in two different locations playing two different matches against two entirely different oppositions at the same time? Well, BCCI thinks he can.