Vaughan's opinions 'do not matter to anybody': Rashid responds to critical column

Michael Vaughan reacted to Rashid's inclusion in the Test squad in the Daily Telegraph, saying England had "stabbed county cricket in the back" by picking "a player who could not be bothered to play for Yorkshire last week"

^{Michael Vaughan and Adil Rashid have exchanged words via the media}

Adil Rashid has responded to Michael Vaughan's criticism of his Test call-up, saying the former England captain's opinions are "stupid" and "do not matter to anybody".

Vaughan reacted to Rashid's inclusion in the squad for the first game of a five-match series against India with a damning column in the Daily Telegraph, in which he said England had "stabbed county cricket in the back" by picking "a player who could not be bothered to play for Yorkshire last week".

Rashid was described by Vaughan as "a bit dozy" and "unprofessional" for declining a request to play for the White Rose county against Lancashire last week, saying his Test selection ahead of the likes of Jack Leach and Dom Bess is "ridiculous".

Asked for his thoughts on Vaughan's comments, Rashid - who took a white-ball contract at Yorkshire at the start of 2018, has never formally retired from Test cricket and has been told he must play in the domestic first-class competition from 2019 to be considered for the national red-ball side - was blunt.

^{Vaughan wrote a critical column about Rashid in the Daily Telegraph}

"When I mentioned at the start of the year I will not be playing red-ball cricket, he tweeted something then," he told BBC Sport. "He was being controversial and saying his stupid things then too.

"A lot of people have got no interest in what he says. It is about getting people to like what he says.

"I don’t think he has an agenda against me. I played under and with him but sometimes ex-players come out and start talking nonsense about current players.

"There will be people out there who are not happy. There will be haters, like the pundits who are saying it is a disgrace. That is not my fault."

Vaughan has not been alone in his criticism of the decision by the selection panel, which includes Ed Smith, James Taylor and Trevor Bayliss.

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Among those voices of dissent was Yorkshire chief executive Mark Arthur, who said: “We’re very surprised that England have called Adil up after not playing red ball cricket this season. Neither has he expressed a desire to do so. I hope that England know what they’re doing to Adil, and the county game."

When brought onto the topic of his county, Rashid said: "They might be disappointed for various reasons, but it would have been nice if the chief executive or head coach could have said, 'well done, congratulations on being selected, good on you' - as opposed to being angry and upset for not playing red-ball cricket for them, even though I told them I would not be doing so.

"I did not do anything wrong in that sense. There is no reason for Yorkshire to react like this. It was not something I expected or wanted."

And he called into question his future at Headingley, which was already unclear.

"If they treat me like they have done, don't see any value in me and are disrespectful to me, I have to think about the future in terms of which county I play for," he said.