Mayank Agarwal overlooked for Nidahas Trophy, Twitter goes berserk!

Mayank Agarwal, Karnataka’s opening batsman has inscribed many domestic records to his name, but the world is yet to see witness his international dominance.

The cricket pundits had forecasted Mayank’s entry in the Indian squad for the tri-nation T-20 series, Nidahas Trophy, but it seems that the wait to watch him in blue jersey is yet not over.

Senior players Virat Kohli and Dhoni have been rested, while Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have been named as captain and vice-captain for the tournament. It might have proved to be an opportunity for the 27-year old, considering his brilliant performance in the domestic season of Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Karnataka's @mayankcricket becomes the first batsman to score over 2000 runs in a single season in Indian domestic cricket. pic.twitter.com/38VQxSedeU

— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) February 27, 2018

Stats Speak:

Mayank scored 1160 runs including five hundreds and two fifties for Karnataka in 2017-18 to emerge as the top run-getter in the Ranji Trophy and carried his form in the limited-over tournaments too.

He is the highest scorer in the Vijay Hazare Trophy with 663 runs in 7 matches at an average of 90.42.

He smashed three fifties at Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 journey at a strike rate of 144.94 and has scored 2051 runs across all formats which is the second most by an Indian in a season.

.@mayankcricket just can't stop scoring right now! He adds one more half century to his name in the #VijayHazareTrophy2018 with his score on 61* in the final! Time to convert it into yet another century sher! #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) February 27, 2018

Team selection isn’t only about justice….it’s more about balance. Picking players for the slot they’re best suited for. Feel for Mayank Agarwal. #NidahasTrophy

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 25, 2018

What? No #MayankAgarwal in T20 team for tri series these bunch of jokers in #BCCI are gone mad… in-form guy scoring tons of runs in domestic cricket is ignored..Don't understand what out-of-form #RohitSharma is doing in this team #SAvIND #India #Bangladesh #Srilanka #ViratKohli

— Harshad parmar (@Harshad9Parmar) February 25, 2018

https://twitter.com/gscldh/status/967681074485743616

I really don't know what else Mayank Agarwal needs to do to get a national team call up…. Really gutted for him. Been in such good form and the selectors won't even consider him….. I don't know how the selection committee works. Really baffling

— BM Bhanuprakash (@imbmbp) February 25, 2018

IPL Blitz Dominant over Ranji and Vijay Hazare Trophy?

Had BCCI picked Mayank Agarwal, he would have joined as a middle-order batsman but he lost to Rishabh Pant and Deepak Hooda, who have played some impressive knocks in the Indian Premier League.

Soon after catapulting into fame after U-19 World Cup, Mayank was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2010 and has featured in every edition of IPL, but he has failed to attract the limelight in the tournament. This year he would be playing for Kings XI Punjab.

People have been speculating, whether BCCI selection is based on IPL:

One can feel bad for Mayank Agarwal, has had a great season; but he has never performed to his potential in IPL, against better bowling attacks. This coming edition going to be very crucial for his career as the road to Indian team is through IPL, not domestic cricket…

— P₹akash $inha ?? (@Predicto_Praky) February 25, 2018

https://twitter.com/vkkohli18/status/967682545922879488

Mayank Agarwal must be called as 'the @imVkohli of this domestic season'. #BCCI https://t.co/6iBrhSlJhd

— shamil (@dollngazal) February 21, 2018

Always selecting the players in very wrong manner. Why don't select Mayank Agarwal. Is The players such as Vijay Shankar, Rishabh pant is very good than Agarwal ?. Worst BCCI @BCCI

— ??? (Mr. unlucky) (@ABKmorningstar) February 25, 2018

Mayank relies on his Vijay Hazare glory:

“We, as cricketers don’t differentiate between the tournaments. It is better to focus on things that we can control, the selection is not in our hands,” Mayank said.

“I want to focus on the Vijay Hazare Trophy right now. I do not have control over India call-up and I do not want to think about it too much,” he added.

Looking forward to tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/nefY9f3npW

— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket) February 26, 2018

Read somewhere, “Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”#MondayMotivation

— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket) February 26, 2018

Practicing for the game tomorrow with @RanjiKarnataka #VijayHazare #TuesdayTraining pic.twitter.com/E5K1ym7M9H

— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket) February 20, 2018