Gautam Gambhir finally returned to the Indian Test squad after a two-year hiatus. While the fans were extremely happy to see him in the team, there was a wide debate over whether he should be given chance in the playing eleven ahead of Shikhar Dhawan or not. Dhawan has been failing to perform from a very long time and everybody was expecting Gambhir to partner Murali Vijay at the top of the batting order. However, the fans were left very disappointed when the playing eleven was announced for the second Test as Shikhar Dhawan replaced KL Rahul in the team. But Dhawan once again failed to justify his place in the team and was bowled by Matt Henry for only 1.
Well, it is about time that the team management makes a tough call and drop Dhawan from the team to give Gambhir a chance in the playing eleven. Gambhir has been performing brilliantly in the domestic circuit and after his brilliant display in the Duleep Trophy, he deserves a chance in the team.
Meanwhile, Dhawan’s selection in the team has not gone down too well with the fans and they took to Twitter to express their feelings:
Did not pick gambhir in playing XI
Faith in captain kohli completely broken #indvsnz #Kolkata #250thTest #grand #comeback— Kartik Malviya (@kartikmalviya81) September 30, 2016
And Gautam gambhir is laughing away… This time sitting in the players balcony.
— Nishank Joshi (@madmanhawk) September 30, 2016
Shikhar Dhawan out on 1.
Things happen when u choose batting average of 28.7 over 80.#NoGambhir— Amit Mukherjee (@unmeasurable89) September 30, 2016
Shikhar Dhawan got out early bcoz he want to go watching#MSDhoniTheUntoldStory
— Deepak Kumar (@DeepakkumarPro) September 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/SaddamSama/status/781727120019992576
https://twitter.com/LuckyDebashish/status/781726936363966464
Shikhar Dhawan's dad – "Sharmaji ke bete ko dekho…pure 15 ball khelke out hota hai..aur tum, bas 10??"#indvnz
— Twelfth Man (@D_Misplaced1) September 30, 2016
I cant understand @imVkohli love towards Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma. It will backfire him surely in future.
— Sweetesh D'souza⭐⭐ (@Sweetesh7) September 30, 2016
Shikhar Dhawan is as useless as 'ueue' in
'Queue'— Akash Shaw (@iakashshaw) September 30, 2016
Gambhir selected in the team but not in the playing eleven for out of form Shikhar Dhawan?
Kohli seriously did a surgical strike on Gambhir!— Fake Account (@Motivational0x) September 30, 2016
There are 4 types of players
1. Batsman
2. Bowler
3. All-rounder
4. Shikhar Dhawan ?#INDvsNZ— Kamruz Zaman (@kamruz_) September 30, 2016
Not watching test match…but I'm 200% sure why Shikhar Dhawan is trending!!??
— GAURESH MAHADIK (@Gaureshsm53) September 30, 2016
Shikhar Dhawan misses his century just by 99 runs.. CALM DOWN ?
— Akash Shaw (@iakashshaw) September 30, 2016
Indian fans reaction… when they came to know Shikhar Dhawan will play and not Gautam Gambhir pic.twitter.com/d9MsdAehuV
— Rohit Jaiswal (@rohitjswl01) September 30, 2016
selected in the team but not selected for the playing eleven.. surgical strike on Gambhir!
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) September 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/SirJadejaaaa/status/781734594295005186
Excellent batting display by @imVkohli , gautam gambhir must be trolling hard to everyone right now, stop insulting sr players @imVkohli
— Kadam Sarvajeet (@KadamSarvajeet) September 30, 2016