Vijay Shankar, Shubman Gill to replace KL Rahul & Hardik Pandya in ODI side
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IBNS): With cricketers KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya set to return from Australia after they were suspended over their alleged sexist comment on a TV show, the All-India Senior Selection Committee has decided to send all-rounder Vijay Shankar and batsman Shubman Gill as replacements.
Vijay Shankar will join the team before the start of the 2nd ODI in Adelaide.
He will be a part of the squad for the ODI series in Australia and the tour to New Zealand.
Shubman Gill has been picked for the ODI and T20I series in New Zealand.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) in accordance with the BCCI had suspended Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul from playing any form of cricket after their comments on a TV show.
The duo will now return to India and an enquiry and proceedings will be made against them for misconduct and indiscipline that have been initiated under Rule 41 of the BCCI Constitution.
In a statement, the BCCI had stated: "In terms of Rule 41(6) of the BCCI Constitution, the players are hereby suspended with immediate effect from participating in any manner whatsoever in any match or function or event or activity that is authorized, organized, sanctioned, recognized or supported in any way by the BCCI, the ICC or any State Association, until final adjudication of the matter."
What did Pandya, Rahul say?
When Karan asked Pandya why he doesn't ask for women's names at night clubs, the all-rounder said: "It is so much to talk man, so how can I remember the name also sometimes. It's so loud."
When the host insisted on what does the cricketer talks about, Pandya said: "Its not talking..Its watching and just observing how they move.....I am little from black side so I have to see how they move first...."
Both Pandya and Rahul talked about their sex lives. Rahul shared an experience of how he was caught with a condom by his mother.
Explaining how he is frank with his family, Pandya said: "My family I have been like I am open about everything. When I lost my virginity, I told my parents that aj kar ke aaya (I did it today)." (sic)
"There was a party when my parents were sitting and they were asking tera wala kaun kaun hai (which girls are yours). I actually sat with them and said yeh yeh and yeh (this, this and this girl)...and my parents said wah, wah proud of you beta (son)," Pandya added.
After hearing Pandya, Karan said the cricketer's family was the "wildest".
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