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Sunil Gavaskar has slammed Wisden for snubbing Indian opener Rohit Sharma from the list of Five Cricketers of The Year by the 2020 edition of the Wisden Almanack.
No Indians were included in the list despite some really great performance in the year 2019.
Jofra Archer, Pat Cummins, Ellyse Perry, Simon Harmer, and Marnus Labuschagne were the 5 fortunate players who found their name in the prestigious list. Meanwhile, Ben Stokes was named the leading cricketer of the year, ending Virat Kohli’s run of 3 successive years. Andre Russell was named the Leading T20 Cricketer in 2019.
Preference To performances In England
Gavaskar said that the Wisden gives preference to performances in England while handing out its awards.“Remember also that a player could get thousands of runs and hundreds of wickets but if that has not happened in England then he still won’t be in the list of five since only performances in England are taken into account. Since that has been the case for so long, why should anyone even give the list and the publication any importance since it rates only what happens in England.” Gavaskar
“Only The Second Best Get The Nod”
The legendary batsman also said, “One may argue that Steve Smith was chosen as Cricketer of the Year in an earlier year and so does not qualify for his performances last year. This once again confirms that the second best or lower performances get the nod.”Rohit Sharma In 2019
Rohit Sharma had an incredible 2019. He was the top scorer in 2019. In 28 ODIs, Rohit scored 1490 runs at an outstanding average of 57.30.
What Ben Stokes Did To Earn The Award

Cummins And Labuschagne
The Most Debated Selection
Simon Harmer completed the list of the 5 players despite playing no part in international games. That’s where the question arises- Is domestic cricket more important than World Cup? Though Harmer helped Essex to historic ‘modern double’ of the County Championship and T20 Blast titles – the former South Africa spinner was Essex’s leading wicket taker in both competitions, it was all on the English soil and not many fans across the world really care about it!Laxman Also Unhappy With The Choices

Rohit Sharma, Indian Fans Unmoved
Gavaskar claimed Rohit is not going to lose sleep over his exclusion as the Mumbai Indians skipper and the Indian fans are only concerned about winning games for the country and getting “those delightful thumps on the back and hair ruffled by teammates in appreciation of their effort”.Follow us on facebook for more sports news & updates
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