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Indian management has dropped the senior Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara from the Test squad of Team India for the West Indies tour. Team India, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, will play two Tests, three ODIs, and five T20Is against West Indies. Meanwhile, some of the steps taken in the team selection have left Indian cricket fans shocked.
Coming back to Pujara, he was in a brilliant touch before a failure in the World Test Championship 2023 final against Australia. But it seems like the management found only one guy responsible for the humiliating WTC final defeat against Australia.
Subsequently, the Indian cricket fans didn’t take it too easily and immediately took to Twitter to come up with a lot of divided reactions. Some of the fans and the experts of the game also realized that it could be the end of the Test career of Cheteshwar Pujara.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Happy retirement cheteshwar pujara😊😊🗿#Pujara
— Cat (@Drstrange326) June 23, 2023
Cheteshwar Pujara from Dec 2022
— Raghav Rathi (@raghavrathi25) June 23, 2023
90, 102, 24, 6, 7, 0, 31, 1, 59, 42, 14, 27
He actually under performed & someone more deserving should get chance for this WTC Cycle! #pujara
Without any reason why cheteshwar poojara dropped the best test player in our country he is great @cheteshwar1
— ĦΔŘŞĦ ŞƗŇǤĦ βΔǤĦ€Ł (@HarshSi06120974) June 23, 2023
WTC collective failure sabka tha fir why only #cheteshwarpujara dropped, dam hai to sabko drop karo including #RohitSharma & #ViratKohli 🤷♀️ https://t.co/F6iANJwB9L
— Aarohi kaushal (@KAarohik7) June 23, 2023
I do not understand why is he dropped from the team, yes, a bad match happened but it's for all not just for him. We need one reliable person on number 3.#cheteshwarpujara#IndianCricketTeam
— Aman Gupta (@AmanGup783) June 23, 2023
Because the tour is to the West Indies you can do away with @cheteshwar1 He played 100 Tests always under scrutiny. A pillar of India's batting not long ago, he will now fade away without a proper farewell. Deserved better...#cheteshwarpujara
— Vijay Lokapally 🇮🇳 (@vijaylokapally) June 23, 2023
चेतेश्वर पुजारा भारतीय टेस्ट टीम से हटा दिए गए हैं!#TeamIndia #cheteshwarpujara #bcci pic.twitter.com/wcx6NN57c6
— Satish Mishra🇮🇳 (@SATISHMISH78) June 23, 2023
VISION
— Manoj Dimri (@manoj_dimri) June 23, 2023
Cheteshwar Pujara: Comeback Test, named vice captain for the next series, and now dropped.
Ajinkya Rahane: Comeback Test, named vice captain of the Indian Test team.
KL Rahul, when Pujara replaced Pant as VC: I at least don't know what the criteria is.
Puajara first inning average is 11
— Tush (@TushS07) June 23, 2023
I think first inning average considered by Selectors #cheteshwarpujara
Cheteshwar Pujara from Dec 2022
— Raghav Rathi (@raghavrathi25) June 23, 2023
90, 102, 24, 6, 7, 0, 31, 1, 59, 42, 14, 27
He actually under performed & someone more deserving should get chance for this WTC Cycle! #pujara
So BCCI's patience has finally ran out with Cheteshwar Pujara! 🥴
— Kriti Sharma (@Kriti_Sharma01) June 23, 2023
Lagta hai ab Tata bye bye hi hai.#INDvsWI
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 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.
The two-match Test series between India and West Indies will fall under the World Test Champions 2023-2025 cycle. It will be India’s first assignment in the third edition of the World Test Championship.
Apart from this, India will also play some big Test series against the big teams including the likes of Australia and England.