“There Is A Clear Propaganda” – Fans Lashed Out On Twitter After The Indian Cricket Board Announced The Squads For The White-Ball Format

The Indian Cricket Board announced the squads for the upcoming ODI and T20I series against England later this month. These will be played after the historical Test match at Edgbaston, starting from July 1, 2022. However, some surprising picks were found in the announced squads.

As the Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma is set to miss the Test match due to a Covid-19 infection, Jasprit Bumrah was named the captain for the Test match. He got tested Covid positive during their four-day warm-up match against Leicestershire and thus, he did not come out to bat in the second innings of the match. The Indian selectors opted for a different side for the first T20I only. All the players involved in the Ireland T20Is will be there. Just, Rohit Sharma will be back leading the Team. After that match, big names like Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja will be back in the shortest format of the game.

Now, for the ODIs, all big names will be back. Shikhar Dhawan was given another chance in this 50-over format. Interestingly, Arshdeep Singh got his maiden call-up to the Indian ODI set-up for this series. However, Sanju Samson was rejected once again as he was only found to be part of the first T20I match. After that, he had not been considered by the selectors of the Board and that thing did not go well with the fans. They lashed out at the Board and selectors regarding this matter on the social media platform. Fans fumed at the Board Selectors for selecting under-performing Rishabh Pant over Sanju Samson who just scored a brilliant knock of 77 runs against Ireland. People were found to blame the Board and its dirty politics to avoid Sanju Samson despite his performances.

India’s squad for 1st T20I: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik

India’s squad for 2nd and 3rd T20I: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik

India’s squad for three ODIs: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, J Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Shami, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh 

Here is how Twitter has reacted to the India Squad selection:

There is a clear propoganda to restrict Sanju as just a T20 player. Once they tried to tag him as an IPL player. When most of his gen players played accross formats for the nation (as complete failures), why this talented player is always kept at bay?#SanjuSamson #BCCI pic.twitter.com/9SAYszoio1

— Grinjo Joseph (@GrinjoJ) June 30, 2022

Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi, Arshdeep Singh not picked for the 2nd & 3rd T20 against England.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 30, 2022

India’s squad for T20I & ODI series against England announced. Rohit Sharma to captain the team in both series: BCCI pic.twitter.com/WYyfo5JMb5

— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2022

https://twitter.com/___Invisible_1/status/1542586850212139008

But different rules only made for Sanju Samson even after performing brilliantly scored 77(42) on his comeback match still didn’t included in 2nd & 3rd T20i whereas special guest like Pant getting continues games even after failing miserably. Dirty politics of @BCCI #SanjuSamson https://t.co/qLxgekL4HL

— Muffadal Vohra (@muffadalvohra_) June 30, 2022

https://twitter.com/Avidhakad029/status/1542566936181035009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1542566936181035009%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindustantimes.com%2Fcricket%2Frishabh-pant-still-playing-sanju-samson-should-retire-twitter-fumes-at-india-s-squads-for-england-t20is-101656643527007.html

https://twitter.com/kLRAHUL06086089/status/1542706983287287808

India is picking players like Pant and DK in t20i sqaud and leaving Talented players like Sanju Samson

India will never win the World Cup like this pic.twitter.com/ptGJ1dzkuB

— Just Butter (@bestwicketkepar) June 30, 2022

@bcci Seriously Sanju not in the ODI squad ??????@IamSanjuSamson Keep Knocking till the door opens . You are the best .
Never Give Up#SanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/z6Ox8EGfa7

— Bibin Edakkara (@BEdakkara) June 30, 2022

The @BCCI and @chetans1987 should explain to fans why they dropped a player whose last two innings in T20i are 77 and 39 respectively. If talent and form are not factors in team selection, tell us on what basis you are selecting the players. @SGanguly99 #SanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/CClrTxjZ5A

— Jesus Messiah (@SavariiGiriGiri) July 1, 2022

https://twitter.com/ImSury09/status/1542576344625602560

WHAT IS BCCI DOING?
It doesn’t matter to BCCI whether Sanju Samson performs or not. They just want to waste his talent. Even after scoring good runs in the last match, BCCI only saw what Deepak Hooda did. Do BCCI selectors smoke W€€D before Team selection?#SanjuSamson

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— Unique For Life▫️ (@UniqueForLife_) June 30, 2022

https://twitter.com/Sportskeeda/status/1542574058486628352

Play this lunt until he performs pic.twitter.com/PCk234hCFM

— Joshua (@skippersanju11) June 30, 2022

Dear @BCCI
If the selection is bein done based on IPl performance than pls observe that player for 2-3 IPl seasons not take immediately to International Cricket. Bcoz we missed so many pure tallent and Well deserved players.1/2#BCCI #SanjuSamson #arshdeepsingh

— CrickInfo (@CIFPCrickt) July 1, 2022