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‘Jab rest he karwana tha to select kyu kiya ???’ – Fans react as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma rested for second ODI against West Indies
Former and current India skippers, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been rested for the ongoing second ODI against the West Indies. Both players have been replaced by Sanju Samson and Axar Patel. Notably, both, Sharma and Kohli played in the first ODI but asked the other players to chase down the target. They were asked to chase down a mere total of 115 runs.
Bowling first, Kuldeep Yadav took four wickets for just six runs in three overs with two maidens. On the other hand, Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets while Hardik Pandya, Mukesh Kumar, and Shardul Thakur took one wicket each. In reply, Ishan Kishan scored a fifty but the team lost five wickets. Sharma came out to bat at number seven while Kohli didn’t bat at all.
In the end, the Men In Blue won by five wickets. This performance was criticized by the fans. Meanwhile, in this game, both players have been rested. All-rounder, Pandya is leading the side.
Playing XI
| Shubman Gill | Opening Batter |
| Ishan Kishan † | Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Sanju Samson | Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Hardik Pandya (c) | Allrounder |
| Suryakumar Yadav | Batter |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Allrounder |
| Axar Patel | Bowling Allrounder |
| Shardul Thakur | Bowler |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler |
| Umran Malik | Bowler |
| Mukesh Kumar | Bowler |
India has had a great start
Talking about the game, the home team, West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl first. For the visitors, Kishan and Shubman Gill are opening the batting like in the last game. Both players started steadily in the first few overs. However, both players have been gaining momentum.
Kishan has scored two back-to-back fifties. On the other hand, Gill scored 34 off 49 balls before getting out to Gudakesh Motie. At the time of writing, India have scored 90/1 in 16.5 overs.
This is how Twitter reacted
https://twitter.com/phenomenal908/status/1685276376512004096?s=20
Jab rest he karwana tha to select kyu kiya ???
— Pawan Shukla (@Shukla8175) July 29, 2023
It makes no sense because they are resting for T20s and you don't want to miss out on limited possibilities before the big Asia Cup and World Cup.
— Shubham Sakhuja (@ishubhamsakhuja) July 29, 2023
Sanju playing today and Hardik seems not so happy about it
— Nirmal Jyothi (@majornirmal) July 29, 2023
Matlab aaj sab chutbhayiye khelenge.
— Sunderdeep – Volklub (@volklub) July 29, 2023
Series already has Low Viewership, Now it dropped Further More
— Pandu Raj (@CSKianPanduRaj) July 29, 2023
Consider this scenario
Rohit Rested and Virat plays(as a captain)
India wins today where Virat scores a Double hundred.
Selectors will think Virat is perfect to give back captaincy as he is in full form and hence Virat is made captain for world cup too.
And India wins world…
— Jitesh (@Chaotic_mind99) July 29, 2023
https://twitter.com/Adityakrsaha/status/1685276321470128128?s=20
ODI main rest nahi lena chahiye tha..World Cup is coming..
— Nitin jain(Sachinsuperfan) (@NitinSachinist) July 29, 2023
fcuk off mc fcuk offffffffffffffff
select hi ku kia tha mc— Backfoot || WishesAddict (@82_MCG_classic) July 29, 2023