T20 World Cup 2024: 'Sorry Rinku Singh, we've failed you' - Twitter reacts to KKR batter's shock omission from India's World Cup squad

The much-awaited 15-member India squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 was announced on Tuesday (April 30). As expected, Rohit Sharma will be leading the team in the marquee event while allrounder Hardik Pandya will be his deputy.

Yashasvi Jaiswal has been selected as Rohit's opening partner while Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav will be taking care of the number three and four positions respectively. Shivam Dube will be another middle-order option. For the wicketkeeper's position, the selectors have picked Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson while ignoring the likes of KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, and Jitesh Sharma.

Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja have been picked as the all-rounders and will be the other spin options along with frontline spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal. The pace department comprises only three frontline pacers - Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and Arshdeep Singh. Pandya and Dube will be the other seam-bowling options.

Rinku Singh misses out:

The selectors have raised a number of eyebrows by not including Rinku Singh in the India squad for the T20 World Cup. The left-handed batsman was looking set to make the cut for the mega event after impressing in last year's IPL as well as an international cricketer.

However, the Ajit Agarkar-led panel has decided against including him in the squad. Rinku Singh, Shubman Gill, Khaleel Ahmed, and Avesh Khan have been named in the reserves. Rinku had impressed one and all with his finishing skills in the IPL last year.

Playing for Kolkata Knight Riders, he scored 474 runs in 16 games with the help of four half-centuries. He scored his runs at an average of almost 60 and a strike rate of 150. The impressive display in the IPL earned him his maiden India call-up and he hit the ground running in international cricket as well.

In 15 T20Is so far, he has scored 356 runs at a staggering average of 89 and a strike-rate of over 176. The impressive displays, however, were not enough for Rinku Singh to make the cut for the T20 World Cup this time.

Here is how Twitter reacted to Rinku Singh's omission from the India squad:

The last time India played a T20I 🤯

Justice for Rinku Singh! pic.twitter.com/3VtUa0LOQ3

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) April 30, 2024

KKR is the reason majorly -Selection partially- number 6 KKR seriously 👀

— रोहित जुगलान Rohit Juglan (@rohitjuglan) April 30, 2024

Sorry Rinku Singh, we failed you.

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 30, 2024

Rinku Singh can easily walk in any team's Playing XI but not this clowncci's 15 member squad
💔 pic.twitter.com/EQiYW9qu1H

— Shivani (@meme_ki_diwani) April 30, 2024

When you find out Rinku Singh averages 89 with a strike rate of 176 is not in World Cup squad pic.twitter.com/0LEeHGKPFs

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 30, 2024

Feeling bad for Rinku Singh. Man performed in whatever opportunity he got and still dropped from the T20 World Cup. He's our best finisher at the moment. pic.twitter.com/J6LrWitJMD

— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) April 30, 2024

I think Rinku Singh’s recent past performance for Team India shouldn’t have been ignored.

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 30, 2024

India squad for T20 World Cup:

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Hardik Pandya (Vice Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj