'Team esa bhejo ki 4 tournament haar ke aaye' - Fans react as reports of Indian management sending second string men's and women's team for Asian Games 2023 surfaces

Indian Cricket Board is likely to send their second-string men’s and women’s Indian teams to the Asian Games 2023. The Board will be sending the second-string side because the senior team will be busy playing the ODI World Cup 2023 at that time.

“After earlier citing prior commitments, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has done a rethink and will now field their men’s and women’s teams at the Asian Games, where the sport will be played in the T20 format,” reads a report in the Indian Express.

Just after these reports flashed and surfaced on social media, the Indian cricket fans couldn’t stop themselves from reacting with a lot of multiple opinions. They immediately took to Twitter and came up with some interesting responses for the Indian Cricket Board and also mentioned their plan to field a B squad.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Team esa bhejo ki 4 tournament haar ke aayen.

— Aam Admi (@sidhutripathy) June 24, 2023

Captain Sanju Samson will bring gold 💪

— Mr Wrong / Cr7 & Abd ❤️ (@wrong_huihui) June 24, 2023

Asia Cup mai c team bhejdo😂

— glitch (@darabsi13463487) June 24, 2023

Format t 20 ?

— Ashu chauhan (@Ashu18PA) June 24, 2023

Accha ok thik hai
Par Indian players are being dropped for some bad knocks.
I won't be surprised if he comes back after playing county and becoming vice captain and Ajinkya being dropped on the performance of 2-3 matches. While others are underperforming

— Abhay Patel (@PatelAbhay550) June 24, 2023

That means Chances of cricket getting included in 2028 Olympics increased

— Abhishek Tewari (@Abhishe80887071) June 24, 2023

Ye sab preparation ka itna natakho raha hai 10 saal se, srilanka,windies pakistan sab kam resources aur talent mein bhi ek ek baar last 10 saal mein icc tournament jeetgaye,badi teams eng aur aus 2 aur 3 icc tournament jeet gayi aur world's richest board,largest talent pool

— Noone (@UdtaS) June 24, 2023

Asia Cup and Asian games ? pic.twitter.com/glxW8IQvFN

— The Frustrated Common Man 😶‍🌫️ (TFCM) (@MemeTradingCo) June 24, 2023

Asian games important than world cup ...

But no worries , indian second string team is better than the so called main team 🤗...

— Prabhakaran m (@prabhak25729928) June 24, 2023

Meanwhile, the main and senior Indian team is now set to be in action against West Indies from next month. Rohit Sharma-led men in blue will be touring the Caribbean Islands for two Tests, three ODIs, and five T20Is.

The selectors have already announced the squads for the Test and ODI series. Regular skipper Rohit Sharma will be leading Team India in both series. Apart from that, some shocking changes have also been made including the omission of the senior Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara. The selection of two uncapped including the likes of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal also attracted the headlines in the Indian cricketing corridors.

Test squad for 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.

ODI squad 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.