The Ajit Agarkar-led committee on Wednesday (July 5) announced a star-studded 15-member squad for India vs West Indies 5-match T20 International series, set to kickstart next month in the Caribbean and the USA. In absence of senior figures Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, star all-rounder Hardik Pandya continues to lead the national team in the shortest format. Mumbai’s Yashasvi Jaiswal and Hyderabad’s Tilak Varma earned well-deserved maiden call-ups to India’s T20 team after their impressive performances in IPL 2023. The selectors clearly wanted to make a transitional shift, picking some young and raw talent ahead of the T20 World Cup next year.
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Meanwhile, the selection committee ignoring Aligarh-born Rinku Singh, who scored 400 runs in 14 IPL to become the highest scorer for KKR in this year’s IPL, caused an uproar on social media. There were strong speculations that Rinku was one of the frontrunners for an India call-up for IND vs WI T20 series but his snub certainly left his fans heartbroken.
Check below some viral reactions from Rinku Singh’s fans…
If Rinku Singh doesn’t play for India, it’s Indias Loss!!
Keep Going @rinkusingh235 ?pic.twitter.com/mahZ9pdMAB
— KKR Bhakt ?? ™ (@KKRSince2011) July 5, 2023
Rinku Singh is the most loved cricketer at the moment. Everyone is angry about his exclusion. pic.twitter.com/jkqRALYPK1
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) July 5, 2023
Middle Order Batsman with 450+ Runs, 55+ Average and 145+ Strike Rate in an IPL
•2018 MS Dhoni
•2023 Rinku SinghThey cry for Finisher after MS Dhoni but doesn’t select a Genuine Talent? pic.twitter.com/Y3LXtskZy5
— KKR Bhakt ?? ™ (@KKRSince2011) July 5, 2023
Justice for Rinku Singh ??#WIvIND #RinkuSingh pic.twitter.com/6GRHR62sGx
— Shreyas Aryan (@Ariyen34) July 5, 2023
Justice for Rinku Singh ?#WIvIND | #RinkuSingh | #WIvsIND pic.twitter.com/N43e0EDiys
— Swapnil Vats (@iamswapnilvats) July 5, 2023
No Rinku Singh for the T20i series against West Indies.
Feed sad for Lord Rinku Singh. Team India need to be confirmed his position atleast in T20Is. #WIvIND #RinkuSingh #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/KHd6hQIjB6
— Ashutosh Srivastava ?? (@sri_ashutosh08) July 5, 2023
Feel for Rinku Singh.
No place in the T20 setup vs West Indies after doing so well in IPL & domestic. ?#INDvsWIpic.twitter.com/3b3k6Gd2Ev
— sameer khan⁴⁵ (@khan_Ro45) July 5, 2023
Tilak varma is selected I’m happy for him but why not rinku singh just why not ?
He performs in IPL
He performs in domestic
What else he can do
It hurts ? pic.twitter.com/ftAq7pink5
— Ashish Shrivastava (@ashishayush1177) July 5, 2023
Knowing BCCI, you might see Rinku Singh getting picked in Tests before the T20I side.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) July 5, 2023
Happy to see Yashasvi and Tilak getting their opportunities during the team’s transition, but it feels like we missed out on a potential finisher in Rinku Singh. With Hardik’s role changing, having another power hitter would have been advantageous!! https://t.co/1v02l3sCkT
— Shivani Shukla (@iShivani_Shukla) July 5, 2023
Rinku Singh Robbed ???#WIvIND #RinkuSingh pic.twitter.com/cG4ugfApaV
— Shreyas Aryan (@Ariyen34) July 5, 2023
India’s T20I squad: Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Surya Kumar Yadav (VC), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya (C), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.
