The fans were jubilant after Hardik Pandya announced the inclusion of Ruturaj Gaikwad for IND vs WI 3rd ODI. The talented opener, who has been warming the bench for a while, finally got the opportunity to make an impact before the big Asian Games assignment. However, the excitement of the fans didn’t last long as Gaikwad could only score 8 off 14 deliveries before losing his wicket to Alzarri Joseph.
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Gaikwad walked out to bat at No. 3 after India lost Ishan Kishan in 20th over. While fans were expecting a impactful innings from Gaikwad, the youngster disappointed his fans and got dismissed in 23rd over. Gaikwad tried to go for a big drive but could only edged it to wide slip.
Netizens were clearly not happy with CSK opener’s performance and trolled the batter on Twitter:
Here’s how fans reacted:
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Earlier, netizens were left bamboozled with inclusion of Gaikwad who is not part of Team India’s plan for World Cup 2023.
“Playing Gaikwad who is the captain of Asian games and won’t be even in the scheme of WC”, tweeted one Twitter user.
“Is this a joke?
Ruturaj Gaikwad, who will play at the Asian Games and is not in WC’s scheme of things gets to play?
Why did @BCCI include Rohit and Virat in the ODI squad then?
Also, Ruturaj isn’t in the T20 squad for WI tour but is the VC for Ireland tour. Logic?”, tweeted another Indian cricket fan.
Notably, the 26-year-old played his last ODI match against South Africa in Lucknow in October last year. He scored just 19 runs on his debut.
India XI: Ishan Kishan (w), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.
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