The host USA has announced its 15-man squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup cricket tournament. The participating countries’ teams will be announced in the next few days. One can certainly ask what is different about the US team getting ready. Unmukt Chand, who played in the IPL, the Under-19 World Cup cricket tournament for India, left India and went to America with great expectations. But now he is disillusioned. Unmukt Chand has not been included in the US team. So Unmukt Chand is furious. Unmukt Chand’s dream of playing in the T20 World Cup cricket tournament for the USA team has been dashed. An angry Unmukt Chand has made a big allegation on the US team management. At one point, Chand also criticized the BCCI. After quitting India, Unmukt Chand has made his mark in various T20 leagues worldwide including the Bangladesh Premier League, Major League Cricket and Australia’s Big Bash League. Chand is the second-highest run-scorer in the history of Major League Cricket tournaments. However, even after that, Unmukt Chand was not selected for the US team. Therefore, Chand has expressed his anger by posting on social media.
USA has announced a 15-man squad for the upcoming T20I series against Canada. Former India player Unmukt Chand was not given a place in this team. After not being selected for the team, Unmukt Chand has criticized America Cricket citing a poor system. It has also been advised to change it. Unmukt Chand has made his mark in various T20 leagues worldwide including Bangladesh Premier League, Major League Cricket and Big Bash League in Australia. He is the second all-time leading scorer in Major League history. Unmukt Chand has scored 1500 runs in 45 innings. However, despite his good performance, he could not make it to the US national team. Due to this shocking decision, Unmukt Chand’s dream of playing in the T20 World Cup cricket tournament has been shattered. Because of this, Chand is very angry. Commenting on this, Unmukt Chand wrote, Irony of life, I keep hearing people complaining about bad systems and the need for real changes. But when the same people come to power, they also follow the same unjust practices. Now is the time to change yourself and stand up for what is right.
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Unmukt Chand’s dream of playing in this year’s T20 World Cup has become difficult as he was not selected for the US team. The T20 series between Canada and the USA will be played in Houston from April 7. Monak Patel will lead the US team and Aaron Jones will be the vice-captain. Corey Anderson, Milind Kumar and Harmeet Singh have received call-ups from the team. Anderson played for New Zealand for 6 years and also holds the record for the fastest ODI century. Milind and Harmeet have been part of Bengaluru and Rajasthan in the IPL.
