Updated On: 16 September, 2021 07:34 AM IST | Kolkata | Debasish Datta
Sources tell mid-day Virat Kohli got to know about R Ashwin’s selection only after the team was announced to the media

Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin. Pics/AFP
Ravichandran Ashwin’s surprise selection for the T20 World Cup is still a mystery in Indian cricket. According to the chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma, Ashwin was drafted in the squad after Washington Sundar was ruled out due to an injury.
Veteran off-spinner R Ashwin last played limited-overs cricket for India in 2017. He was ignored by the previous selection committees because of lapses in fielding. So, what changed suddenly?