IND SL 2nd ODI: Suryakumar Yadav Ishan Kishan – Gautam Gambhir, Srikkanth and fans are livid with India’s playing XI for the second ODI against Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma and management went in with the same combination and excluded in-form batters Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan from the playing XI. Former chief selector Srikkanth didn’t mince words and said, “How KL Rahul justifies his place.” While giving chance to Shubman Gill is justifiable considering the start he has had in his ODI career, netizens were left scratching their heads when they saw Rahul in the playing XI. Follow IND vs SL Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
IND SL 2ND ODI: Srikanth, Gambhir & fans livid with India’s playing XI, asks ‘why don’t you play Surya & Ishan? How KL Rahul justifies his place’
IND SL 2nd ODI: Why Rohit & management continue to snub Suryakumar & Ishan Kishan? –
Skipper Rohit Sharma wants to give fair chance to Gill, who has scored over 700 runs in 16 ODI matches. Hence despite Kishan scoring double a hundred, Rohit was clear that Gill will be given a longer rope. As for Rahul, he was the vice-captain ODI team till the Bangladesh series. The right-hand batter scored 39 in the first ODI. He also keeping wickets and enables India to play extra batter or bowler.
IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Fans flood Twitter
Giving chances to stat padders like kl Rahul and subhman gill but no place for World no.1 Surya Kumar yadav #SuryakumarYadav
— Sunil Yadav (@SuniljiYdv) January 12, 2023
What politics is BCCI playing with Ishaan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav. To keep a worthless player KL Rahul in the playing 11 even after repeated poor performances and to fill water with an informed player, what is the preparation of wc, this has become too much.#boycottBCCI
— Nagendra Tiwari Np (@Nagendr78967438) January 12, 2023
What is your parameters for team selection.@ShreyasIyer15 and @klrahul
is your team without such bad performance.Great batsman #SuryakumarYadav is out.
Nepotism or Damadism . Kya chal rha h bhai
— Sandeep Yadav (@Sandyshana007) January 12, 2023
IND vs SL: Why Gambhir, Srikkanth & fans feel Suryakumar & Kishan deserve more chances?
- Suryakumar is in form of his life, scoring three hundreds in T20Is and amassing 1500 runs at over 170 strike rate.
- The Mumbai batter is changing the dynamics of batting and is taking India to improbable totals.
- With India playing aggressive cricket in white-ball formats, experts and fans feel SKY is the best white-ball player the team has
- As for Kishan he offers a left-hand option at the top and is scoring runs at a strike over 100.
- The southpaw also scored a double-hundred in the last ODI against Bangladesh and is an X-factor player.
IND SL 2ND ODI: Srikanth, Gambhir & fans livid with India’s playing XI, asks ‘why don’t you play Surya & Ishan? How KL Rahul justifies his place’