Indian cricket fans are unhappy with the selection of the 15-man squad for three-match Test series against new Zealand, starting from September 22.
Gautam Gambhir’s Duleep Trophy performance is overlooked while Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, who are not in good form, are selected for the series.
Chairman of selectors, Sandeep Patel said India needs to give Rohit Sharma a longer run in Test, so BCCI wants to give him more chances and captain Virat Kohli also shares a good rapport with Rohit and Dhawan; so they are selected, now cricket fans on twitter are angry over the selection as Gautam Gambhir is overlooked.
To add fuel to the fire, people on twitter also dug up history of Gambhir and Kohli.
Twitter reactions:
https://twitter.com/TheUnder_Cover/status/775236618777165825
Someone please tell @BCCI that Sikhar Dhawan is not for Indian cricket. He is available for show off only. #INDvNZ
— Souvik Paul (@iamsouvikpaul) September 12, 2016
Indian Test Squad against #NewZealand
What Dhawan & Umesh r doing there??#INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/ThcU8o9Cqk
— Sir Virendra Sehwag (@SirSehwag_) September 12, 2016
1st it was dhoni and now its kohli & team selectors who try to keep the talent out like gautam , manish & kuldeep yadav out of team #INDvNZ
— AKASH THE FAN (@AKASH_SRKFAN) September 12, 2016
1st it was dhoni and now its kohli & team selectors who try to keep the talent out like gautam , manish & kuldeep yadav out of team #INDvNZ
— AKASH THE FAN (@AKASH_SRKFAN) September 12, 2016
What’s the reason for not selecting #Gambhir? His ego?
Such a shame he’s playing well #Dhawan & #Sharma are just lucky to get in #INDvNZ— Ruthvik (@RuthvikBhargav) September 12, 2016
I will feel myself enlightened when I come to know on which basis is dhawan selected every time..gambhir deserved this!!#INDvNZ
— Swati (@SwatiT_) September 12, 2016
Lol Rohit Sharma in? If you had to select the same damn team, Why such a costly façade of conducting the Duleep trophy #INDvNZ .@BCCI
— All Is Well (@_imjone) September 12, 2016
#SturtBinny hs not been selected 4 nz test series, Modiji ye hai aapke acche din? #INDvNZ @TheRahulMahajan @KapilSharmaK9 @abhijeetsinger
— Kapil Yadav (@IamMr_kapil) September 12, 2016
@ImRo45 aur @SDhawan25 dono @BCCI k adopted child hai. #INDvNZ
— ashutosh (@billo_badshah) September 12, 2016
All political parties must be busy typing offer letters to gautam gambir #INDvNZ
— Manohar reddy (@Manoharmaho) September 12, 2016
It's hard to understand on which basis Rohit is selected for NZ series…Shame on @BCCI u don't deserve players like @GautamGambhir#INDvNZ
— Ankur (@Ankur_ppt) September 12, 2016
Gautam Gambhir vs Virat Kohli !! Interesting. ? #INDvNZ
— Sushovan Sinha (@SushovanSinha) September 12, 2016
I thought dhoni and kholi are giving more opportunities for dhawan. But it's damm BCCI selection panel was the culprit. #INDvNZ
— Mohanavelavan (@velavanmett) September 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/CrimePartnerr/status/775243290664763392
@GautamGambhir deserved place in squad as a opener instead of Dhawan. Its time to give chance to inform player to play. #INDvNZ
— Nilesh Pawar (@NileshPawars) September 12, 2016
I wonder Rohit and Dhavan are in some reservation quota to find their place always in squad, pretty disappointed ! #indvnz
— Abbas Khambati ?? (@Oye_its_Abbas) September 12, 2016
I knw @ImRo45 is a World Class player, bt @BCCI shuld drop Him whn it cmes 2 His Test records !! Feeling sad fr @GautamGambhir !! #INDvNZ
— S'deep Naik (@sannunaik) September 12, 2016