Veteran Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was recalled to the Indian test side after regular opener KL Rahul was out with a hamstring injury. Gambhir marks his return to the test side after a span of two years, as he last played an international game for India in August 2014, against England at the KIA Oval. Along with Gambhir, off spinner Jayant Yadav too was another addition, as a cover for Ishant Sharma.
The move to have Gambhir in the scheme of things is mainly due to his recent exploits in the Duleep Trophy. The southpaw led India Blue to victory and led from front as he returned with a string of high scores to his name. Twitter went berserk as Gambhir was handed a recall, and below are some of the tweets.
https://twitter.com/AllTimeBakchod/status/780817788021518336
https://twitter.com/saggarika/status/780814608550375424
https://twitter.com/nikhilgutta5/status/780814043397361665
https://twitter.com/saggarika/status/780818526026080256
https://twitter.com/tusheverpahwa/status/780817955454058496
Hope they don't Keep Gauti in the benches.
He need to Get back with a BANG! ?? #GGIsBack— Harshit (@cricketharshit) September 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/vinayreddy52/status/780809421987250176
A tight slap to all the news channels for accusing virat kohli for not including Gautam Gambhir in the squad… (1/2)
— Vasu Garg (@IamVasuGarg) September 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/SirJadejaaaa/status/780812862272995328
Gautam Gambhir back in Indian Test squad after two years break and shows you if you believe in yourself things will happen..
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) September 27, 2016
true, he plays with a lot of passion & intensity in every game irrespective of the team he is turning out for
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) September 27, 2016
Welcome back Gauti ????????@GautamGambhir Congratulations ?
— Ravi Bhadoria (@ravibhadoria) September 27, 2016
So proud and happy that @GautamGambhir has made it back to the Test Team never quite understood why and how he lost his place in the squad
— Parth Jindal (@ParthJindal11) September 27, 2016
Gautam Gambhir can take revenge against Dhoni by hitting a best score of his life.
— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) September 27, 2016
Gautam Gambhir called in for 2nd test against NZ to replace Rahul. He shouldn't let this opportunity go and announce this test as his last.
— LOLendra Singh (@LOLendraSingh) September 27, 2016