'Abe Kohli aur Rohit ko to rest de dete' - Fans react as India names squad for West Indies Tests and ODIs, make big changes in the side

The senior selection committee of the Indian Cricket Board has announced the squad of Team India for the Tests and ODIs on the upcoming West Indies tour. The team will play two Tests and three ODIs under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma followed by the five T20Is. The first match of the tour will be played next month on the 12^th of July.

Meanwhile, the management has made some big changes in the squad as they have dropped the senior Test specialist batter, Cheteshwar Pujara. Apart from that, a lot of youngsters have also been added to both the Test and ODI squads of Team India.

Subsequently, Indian cricket fans came up with divided opinions on the micro-blogging site Twitter after the announcement of the squad. Some of the fans questioned Pujara’s absence just after one-match failure whereas a few also questioned the inclusion of youngsters in the Test squad on the basis of IPL performances.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Abe Kohli aur Rohit ko to rest de dete...
Acha series hi unke runs bnane k liye hai

— Xx Rusty xX (@willintochilln) June 23, 2023

Thank you pujara for your service to ICT

— Pssdj (@Pssdj3) June 23, 2023

मतलब WTC हार का सारा ठीकरा पुजारा के गले डाल दिया

— विशाल भारत (@VS2612) June 23, 2023

Bye Bye pujju

— Kohlified. (@123perthclassic) June 23, 2023

Shami dropped or rested?

— Anubhav Mishra (@meanubhav) June 23, 2023

Pujara and Umesh dropped

— Ishan (@IshanSi60823) June 23, 2023

Sarfaraz Khan again denied of His well deserved Chance....

— Junaid Farooq🍁 (@Junaid_2331) June 23, 2023

Bowling lineup is very weak specially fast

— Prakash kasana (@GudduKasana) June 23, 2023

Iss jaydev unadkat ko lekar kyu ghoom rhi h Indian team

— Chirag Goyal (@chiraggoyal2734) June 23, 2023

Should have had Pujara in the team bcz he is the only test specialist player we have.
In final XI or not , cam be decided later.

— Sudheer (@Sudheer_Tweets) June 23, 2023

Here’s a look at the Test squad of India for the West Indies tour:

Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, and Navdeep Saini.

NEWS - India’s squads for West Indies Tests and ODI series announced.

TEST Squad: Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd.… pic.twitter.com/w6IzLEhy63

— BCCI (@BCCI) June 23, 2023

Here’s a look at the ODI squad of India for West Indies tour:

Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (VC), Shardul Thakur, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar.

India’s ODI Squad: Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (VC), Shardul Thakur, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Mukesh… pic.twitter.com/PGRexBAGFZ

— BCCI (@BCCI) June 23, 2023

Notably, the veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane a stunning comeback in Test cricket after being dropped from the squad in February 2022 last year. Later on, he performed in first-class cricket and also delivered up to the expectations in IPL 2023 for CSK. Later on, he made his comeback in the Test side in the WTC 2023 final against Australia and now he has been appointed as the vice-captain of the Test team of India.