Mandeep Singh disappointed at being overlooked for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 A team – Cricket News Update
The emerging http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 all-rounder Mandeep Singh, who is playing for IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab in the ongoing fifth instalment of the lucrative Twenty20 league, on Friday expressed disappointment at being overlooked for selection
in India A team for next month’s tour of West Indies.
"I'm disappointed but you can hardly do anything about it,” said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 tour but it happened otherwise. But my job will
be to keep up the good work in this IPL and hopefully I will make it to the A team when the next tour is announced," he added further.
The 20-year-old Jalandhar-born right-handed batsman has been impressive with the bat so far this season and currently finds himself among the top ten on the IPL-V runs chart with a tally of 359 runs from 12 innings, including two
half centuries as well. He is also the leading run scorer of Kings XI Punjab so far.
He was also a prolific performer in the last http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 season where he scored runs at an average of above 76. To date, the Punjab all-rounder has played 13 first class matches and has amassed 1074 runs at an impressive average of 63.17.
"I was performing well for the last two years in the domestic circuit and was hopeful of selection but it's not in my hands. I am not reading too much into it and just concentrating on performing well in the ongoing edition," an apparently
disappointed Mandeep Singh said.
The board of Control for Cricket in India had announced its squad for the tour of West Indies in late April. Cheteshwar Pujara will lead the side while wicketkeeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha will be his deputy.
During the more than a month long tour commencing on June 2 in Barbados, India A will play West Indies A in three first class matches, followed by three List A matches and two Twenty20 matches.
Squad: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-Bist-c86297, Akshay Darekar and
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shami-Ahmed-c2496.
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