Yuvraj Singh Is Not Mincing Any Words, Openly Declares That Team India Needs Better Selectors

After retirement players usually take it easy but that''s bot what Yuvraj Singh is doing.

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In fact he;s not in the best of moods. His anger is directed at our selectors, led by MSK Prasad. They have already faced heat from like Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Farokh Engineer. Yuvraj is not mincing any words either.

"We do need better selectors. Their job isn't easy. But their thinking in terms of modern-day cricket is not up to the mark. I'm always in favour of protecting players and being positive about them. By talking negative about your players and the team, it doesn't show you in good light. Your character only shows when things are going wrong and you motivate the players. In bad times, everyone talks bad. We definitely need better selectors," he said.

One of his pet peeves is about the No 4 spot. It was evident in his recently sarcastic tweet to his close friend, veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh: "Top order is very strong bro. They don't need No 4 batsman."

Top order is very strong bro they don¡¯t need no 4 batsman ?

¡ª yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) September 6, 2019

Explaining his tweet, Yuvraj says: "What I am trying to say is we need to find a No 4. It was actually a joke, but we need to find a No. 4 and respect the No. 4 batsman, and give him a longer run. Every day some No. 4 is batting and we have loose statements about that player. After me, it was (Ambati) Rayudu, who played for a whole year, then he got dropped, now Risbhabh after playing well at No. 4 in one game, we hear remarks that he is not doing well, so how are you going to find a No 4 batsman? You are not going to find him by criticizing or dropping him, whether it is Rishabh or Shreyas or any other batsman. You have to give them a longer run."

Yuvraj isn't pleased at Pant being dropped from the Test XI. "He has only played 8-10 ODIs, so you've got to give that guy six months or a year to get better and try and play him as much as you can wherever you think he fits well. He not playing the Tests was not a great call," he laments.

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Like in the case of Pant, Yuvraj wants the selectors to be patient with Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Dube, who failed on his India debut on Sunday night, too.

"He has the talent. I was watching him play and there are a couple of things that need to be worked on. I am not sure if they will be able to identify the mistakes. Vikram Rathour is the batting coach, he needs to identify where he is making a mistake. He is not someone who has played T20, so I am not sure if he can tell what are the areas that he needs to work on. Give him some time. Don't expect that Shivam Dube aayega, chaar chhakkey marega. In between, there was your Vijay Shankar, the '3 D player', now he's vanished. How can you make players this way," he asks.