No matter what Harshit Rana does, the trolls are not leaving him alone. Rana performed brilliantly in the last match of the ODI series. However, as soon as the T20 series began, he and head coach Gautam Gambhir have once again come under fire. Harshit Rana was given a chance in the playing eleven in the first match of the T20 series and people believe that it is his fault. In fact, with Rana’s inclusion in the team, Arshdeep Singh has been dropped from the team.
Irfan Pathan’s post went viral
Suryakumar Yadav announced the names of the players who will not be part of the team on the toss. The name of Arshdeep Singh was also included in this list. Arshdeep Singh is the world’s number one bowler in the T20 format and is the only Indian to take 100 wickets in T20. Despite this, he was left out of the team. People are shocked by this decision.
After the match started, former all-rounder Irfan Pathan posted a single. This two-word post reveals that even Irfan Pathan was shocked by Arshdeep Singh’s ouster. He wrote, Arshdeep Singh.
Another user wrote that Harshit Rana is playing Arshdeep Singh’s place. This is an insult to a world champion bowler.
Another user wrote that I feel bad for Arshdeep Singh. India’s best T20 bowler has been benched. Is this the era of GG (Gautama Gambhir)?
Some argued that this decision was taken to add depth to the batting. Harshit Rana played an important innings for the team with the bat in the ODI series. However, this is also not considered correct. A user named Lokesh Sharma sarcastically wrote that if one day he had to choose between Harshit Rana and Jasprit Bumrah, Gautam Gambhir would choose Harshit Rana. The excuse will be that he needs 10 more runs in total.
Talking about the match, the first match of the T20 series between India and Australia was decided due to rain. On 29 October in Canberra, play was stopped twice due to rain. By the time play was stopped for the last time, India had scored 97 runs for one wicket in 9.4 overs, batting first. The second match of the series will now be played in Melbourne on October 31.