1983 World Cup winner K Srikkanth criticised the selection of Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, and Harshit Rana Shreyas Iyer was excluded entirely, while Yashasvi Jaiswal was named as a standby, which angered Srikkanth "We might win the Asia Cup, but there is no chance of winning the T20 World Cup with this bunch," he said
