<p>Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today lashed out at the BCCI for not fielding all-rounder Parvez Rasool in any of the five ODI games against Zimbabwe.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Did you really have to take him all the way to Zimbabwe to demoralise him? Wouldn't it have been cheaper to just do it at home?" Omar said in a sarcastic tweet after Rasool was not included in the last game against the minnows.<br /><br />Disappointed at Rasool's non-inclusion in the playing XI of Indian cricket team in the ongoing Zimbabwe tour, Omar yesterday urged the BCCI to give him a chance to prove himself.<br />"Come on BCCI give the young man (Rasool) a chance to prove himself," Omar wrote on his twitter page yesterday.<br /><br />The Chief Minister, an avid cricket follower, had expressed disappointment that the Jammu and Kashmir cricketer has not been given a game even though India has taken an unassailable lead in five-match the ODI series.<br /><br />"Really disappointed that Parvez Rasool hasn't been given a game in Zimbabwe," he said.<br />Rasool is the only member of the 15-member squad who has not seen any action so far. Ajinkya Rahane was warming the bench alongside Rasool but the opening batsman got his chance in today's game.<br /><br />Rasool shot to fame with a brilliant all-round performance in the Ranji Trophy last season by scoring 594 runs and grabbing 33 wickets.<br /><br />His selection to national squad was fast-tracked after he took seven wickets in one innings of a tour game against visiting Australians earlier this year.</p>
<p>Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today lashed out at the BCCI for not fielding all-rounder Parvez Rasool in any of the five ODI games against Zimbabwe.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Did you really have to take him all the way to Zimbabwe to demoralise him? Wouldn't it have been cheaper to just do it at home?" Omar said in a sarcastic tweet after Rasool was not included in the last game against the minnows.<br /><br />Disappointed at Rasool's non-inclusion in the playing XI of Indian cricket team in the ongoing Zimbabwe tour, Omar yesterday urged the BCCI to give him a chance to prove himself.<br />"Come on BCCI give the young man (Rasool) a chance to prove himself," Omar wrote on his twitter page yesterday.<br /><br />The Chief Minister, an avid cricket follower, had expressed disappointment that the Jammu and Kashmir cricketer has not been given a game even though India has taken an unassailable lead in five-match the ODI series.<br /><br />"Really disappointed that Parvez Rasool hasn't been given a game in Zimbabwe," he said.<br />Rasool is the only member of the 15-member squad who has not seen any action so far. Ajinkya Rahane was warming the bench alongside Rasool but the opening batsman got his chance in today's game.<br /><br />Rasool shot to fame with a brilliant all-round performance in the Ranji Trophy last season by scoring 594 runs and grabbing 33 wickets.<br /><br />His selection to national squad was fast-tracked after he took seven wickets in one innings of a tour game against visiting Australians earlier this year.</p>