CSK pacer Simarjeet Singh recalls snub from the U-19 Asia Cup squad

Chennai Super Kings pacer Simarjeet Singh has recently recalled his ordeal when he was dumped out of India's squad for U-19 Asia Cup at the last moment.

In a video uploaded by the CSK's official Twitter handle, Simarjeet recalled how he was left disheartened and depressed when he got a call ahead of the U-19 Asia Cup about his snub.

The Delhi pacer got omitted from the squad at the final moment because he had already featured in the previous edition of the same tournament.

U-19 cricketers can't feature in successive editions of a particular multi-national tournament according to rules.

Nevertheless, the development left the young seamer discouraged, and his parents did everything at the time to lift his morale.

"There was this one time, I was selected to play for India in the Asia Cup at the Under-19 level. The team was about to depart for the Asia Cup. Just one day before our departure, I received a call telling me that I cannot go to the Asia Cup," 

"It's because of some strange rule that barred those who played at the Under-19 level the previous year from playing again this year. Since I played at the Under-19 level the previous year, the selector cancelled my selection," he revealed.

"I was supposed to take a flight early the following morning and I got a call very late at night telling me that I was no longer a part of the team. This disheartened me but my parents tried to pacify me by telling me that I should be proud to have gotten where I have," Singh added.

Singh has come a long way since that snub. The Super Kings picked the right-arm pacer at a base price of INR 20 Lakh in the recent mega-auction.

He has featured in three games thus far and has claimed two wickets. Singh's best performance so far has come against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he finished with match-winning figures of 2/27 in four overs.