After suffering an early exit from the Asia Cup 2022, the focus of the Indian cricket team will now shift to the e upcoming edition of the ICC World T20. On Monday, the Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) announced a star-studded 15-man squad of Team India for the T20 World Cup 2022.
Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin revealed that he was surprised at the non-selection of two-star performers for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia in October-November this year. The upcoming marque event will mark the return of senior r pacer Jasprit Bumrah and death-bowling specialist Harshal Patel, who were recently rested because of an injury. Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out of the T20 World Cup due to a knee injury.
Reacting to India’s squad announcement for the upcoming event, former Indian captain Azharuddin said that he was ‘surprised’ to see a few names missing from the Indian squad. Azharuddin feels that Mohammad Shami should have been in the main squad. He also opined that Iyer should have been picked at the expense of all-rounder Deepak Hooda. He wrote:
“Surprised at the omission of Shreyas Iyer and Md. Shami from the main squad.”
He added: “Shreyas Iyer instead of Deepak Hooda and Md. Shami in the place of Harshal Patel would be my choice.”
Check out the Tweet:
Shreyas Iyer instead of Deepak Hooda and Md. Shami in the place of Harshal Patel would be my choice.
— Mohammed Azharuddin (@azharflicks) September 12, 2022
However, Azhar’s tweet didn’t go down well with the fans, who are trolling the former captain left, right and center.
Check out the reactions of fans to this:
@ShreyasIyer15 ?? Seriously? Australia main pitch bouncy hein aur yeah banda Bounce khel hi nahi sakta
— Hilpesh!! 🇮🇳 (@Hilpesh) September 12, 2022
Surprised at the omission of Yusuf Pathan and Stuart Binny from the main squad. They played brilliantly against SL-L.
— Cric Top Class (@crictopclass) September 12, 2022
This man captained India…
I don’t even know how to react!— Gagan Chawla (@toecrushrzzz) September 12, 2022
Shres Iyer was always in backup sir why surprise??
— Prabin 🇮🇳 (@prabin1007) September 12, 2022
Bouncer aap khelne jaoge ky.
— Suraj Birajdar (@SurajHRx) September 12, 2022
Why such regressive vibe why do u wanna go back to 2021. This is not 90s . We don’t need mongias and prabhakar vibe anymore.
— Archer (@poserarcher) September 12, 2022
India’s squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, R Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Y Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, B Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh
Standby players – Mohd. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar
India’s squad for Australia series: Rohit Sharma (captain), K.L. Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.
India squad for South Africa T20Is: Rohit Sharma (captain), K.L. Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.
