‘Arth ke sath anarth’- Selectors bashed on Social Media after excluding Prithvi Shaw from squad for New Zealand and Bangladesh series
The Indian Cricket Board announced India’s squad for the upcoming New Zealand and Bangladesh series on October 31st. The team will travel to New Zealand from Australia right after the 20-20 World Cup and then to Bangladesh before coming back home.
Hardik Pandya has been appointed the captain for the T20I side whereas Rishabh Pant will take care of vice-captaincy duties. Umran Malik who last played against Ireland is given a chance to prove his mantle. Washington Sundar also makes his comeback to the side.
The ODI team will be led by Shikhar Dhawan with Pant as deputy. Kuldeep Sen and Deepak Chahar are new entarnts to the ODI team. The Men in Blue will then travel to Bangladesh for a three-match ODI series, the squad of which has also been announced along with the one for New Zealand.
All the senior players who will be given leave after the world cup will make their comeback to the team for the match on 4th December. Rohit Sharma will take back the captaincy duties and KL Rahul will be made the vice-captain against Bangladesh.
Many on Twitter came up with mixed reactions to the squad announcement. Most of them have called out the board for the negligence of Prithvi Shaw yet again.
Squad for NZ T20Is: Hardik Pandya (C), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), W Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik.
Squad for NZ ODIs: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), W Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen, Umran Malik.
Squad for Bangladesh ODIs: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, W Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Yash Dayal
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Prithvi Shaw’s exclusion from New Zealand and Bangladesh series:
Feel for Prithvi Shaw.
India announced 3 white ball squads today, in which two – all the seniors were rested but no space for a guy who has proven & made huge impact in domestic cricket.
I don't know what he has to do more to play in the Indian team.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 31, 2022
If Prithvi Shaw doesn't play for India, its India's loss. Not his loss ! pic.twitter.com/x59ji4Mx5d
— Vijay (@Onehandedsix) October 31, 2022
No Prithvi Shaw. Ye andha kanoon hai. #CricketTwitter
— Pratyush Raj (@pratyush93_raj) October 31, 2022
Rajat Patidar just started to perform this year and got into the Indian squad.
Whereas Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan are performing far better than him for 2-3 years, they are still not in the squad.
Politics???— Yash (@CSKYash_) October 31, 2022
Could anyone tell me what guys like Sarfaraz Khan and Prithvi Shaw need to do to get a place in India’s Test and limited-overs teams’ respectively? As of now, it seems exceptional performances at the domestic level aren’t enough!
— Mohsin Kamal (@64MohsinKamal) October 31, 2022
List A
46 innings, 2410 run, Average 56, SR 125, Century 8T20
89 innings, 2354 runs, average 26.75, SR 152Still waiting for comeback…Performance wise he has better record in LIST A than any other youngster then why he shouldn't be playing ODIS ?
"Prithvi Shaw" pic.twitter.com/ERM8jP1OvS— Varun Giri (@Varungiri0) October 31, 2022
Prithvi Shaw has scored runs in all kinds of domestic competitions and even has impressive IPL numbers. At this rate he might lose motivation to play when he is being continuously ignored by the selectors. Can't even imagine his mental state .
— ` (@FourOverthrows) October 31, 2022
Prithvi Shaw should change playing country better to play from some emerging cricket country. 🙏
— Pranabesh (pranav)🇮🇳 (@Pranav_ryan_98) October 31, 2022
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