'Gambhir jaisa ho raha iske saath' - Fans react as Indian selectors reportedly consider Yashasvi Jaiswal for no. 3 position in Test cricket

The inclusion of young uncapped batter Yashasvi Jaiswal has ignited a new discussion among the experts of Indian cricket. Apart from that, this inclusion at the cost of senior Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara has left cricket experts and fans shocked. Jaiswal could make his red-ball debut in international cricket on India’s tour of the West Indies next month.

Meanwhile, the Indian selectors are reportedly considering the 21-year-old as the ideal no. 3 batter for Team India in Tests. He is reported to replace the veteran Test specialist batter Cheteshwar Pujara in the ‘not-so-distant’ future.

Subsequently, a section of the Indian Cricket fans didn’t look very pleased with the media reports understanding Jaiswal is an ideal fit for no. 3 position. Fans took to the social media platform Twitter and came up with multiple opinions on this approach of the Indian selectors while considering the future of Indian Test Cricket.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Gambhir jaisa ho raha iske saath
Shuru mein middle order khilayenge then apparently he will come back to his opening position

— DC HYPE (@17xDC) June 23, 2023

Unreal clowenery again. He is an opener and they should try gill at no.3

— Husain (@husain_tweets18) June 23, 2023

Then the selectors aren't seeing.

— Dr Nikhil Jain | SEBI RA (@iamMarketWiz) June 23, 2023

So Ruturaj is backup opener again ?

— Shubman Gang (@ShubmanGang) June 23, 2023

You want to make another devdutt padikkal’???

— Jetha Hi🏆tler (@sterns_haschen) June 23, 2023

https://t.co/L9elttFXo4

— Pratham (@JainnSaab) June 23, 2023

Better it’s jaiswal and gill as opener, Kisan as a wk, Rohit at 3,

— Ashu (@Aashu899) June 23, 2023

Gill should be our ideal no.3, let jaiswal open.

— Pavan RJ (@itz_pavan) June 23, 2023

What happens when shreyas iyer comes back?

— Noone (@UdtaS) 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.

Here’s a look at the ODI squad of India for the 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, and Mukesh Kumar.

Speaking of Cheteshwar Pujara, a lot of cricket experts and fans of the game are speculating that it could be the end of Pujara’s Test career after an omission from the Test squad. Some analysts also felt that Pujara has played all more than 100 Tests in his career under scrutiny.