<p class="title">England leg-spinner Adil Rashid has hit back at Michael Vaughan after the former captain described his selection for the first Test against India as "ridiculous".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rashid was included in a 13-man squad even though he has opted out of playing first-class County Championship cricket for Yorkshire this season.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His selection for next week's first Test on the back of his one-day form has not gone down well with Vaughan, an ex-teammate of Rashid's for Yorkshire, who described his selection as "stab in the back for county cricket".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Writing in the Telegraph newspaper, he added: "It basically says our county game, the finishing school for our cricketers, does not matter any more and that it is irrelevant."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rashid, who won the last of his 10 Test caps in Chennai more than 18 months ago, said Vaughan was "talking nonsense" and said his opinions "did not matter to anybody".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When I mentioned at the start of the year I will not be playing red-ball cricket, he tweeted something then," he said in an interview with the BBC. "He was being controversial and saying his stupid things then too.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"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."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vaughan could not resist another dig at Rashid on Friday, tweeting: "I am stupid for wanting someone to prepare to play the No 1 Test team in the world by playing a four-day game with the red ball."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yorkshire chief executive Mark Arthur said the county were "very surprised" by Rashid's recall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The player responded by casting doubt on his future at Headingley.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"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," said Rashid.</p>.<p class="bodytext">National selector Ed Smith has made it clear that in order to be eligible for Test selection next year Rashid must return to the domestic four-day game.</p>
<p class="title">England leg-spinner Adil Rashid has hit back at Michael Vaughan after the former captain described his selection for the first Test against India as "ridiculous".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rashid was included in a 13-man squad even though he has opted out of playing first-class County Championship cricket for Yorkshire this season.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His selection for next week's first Test on the back of his one-day form has not gone down well with Vaughan, an ex-teammate of Rashid's for Yorkshire, who described his selection as "stab in the back for county cricket".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Writing in the Telegraph newspaper, he added: "It basically says our county game, the finishing school for our cricketers, does not matter any more and that it is irrelevant."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rashid, who won the last of his 10 Test caps in Chennai more than 18 months ago, said Vaughan was "talking nonsense" and said his opinions "did not matter to anybody".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When I mentioned at the start of the year I will not be playing red-ball cricket, he tweeted something then," he said in an interview with the BBC. "He was being controversial and saying his stupid things then too.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"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."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vaughan could not resist another dig at Rashid on Friday, tweeting: "I am stupid for wanting someone to prepare to play the No 1 Test team in the world by playing a four-day game with the red ball."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yorkshire chief executive Mark Arthur said the county were "very surprised" by Rashid's recall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The player responded by casting doubt on his future at Headingley.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"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," said Rashid.</p>.<p class="bodytext">National selector Ed Smith has made it clear that in order to be eligible for Test selection next year Rashid must return to the domestic four-day game.</p>