England vs India 2018: Twitter Erupts as Hanuma Vihari Makes His Debut

Finally, all those big tallies in the domestic cricket earned a place for Hanuma Vihari in the Indian Team. He received his debut cap on Friday (September 7) at The Kennington Oval, London in the fifth Test of the England vs India 2018 series.

However, the flamboyant middle-order right-handed batsman has been terrific for his state in the Ranji Trophy and then smashed mammoth tallies while playing for India A. However, all the hard work paid for him to earn his maiden Test cap as well.

Hanuma Vihari replaced Hardik Pandya:

After the repeated failures with the bat, Virat Kohli-led side dropped Hardik Pandya for the fifth. Moreover, Ravichandran Ashwin, who is having the fitness concern was also left out for the final test of the series.

Also, the left-handed all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja replaced Ashwin while Vihari replaced Pandya in the team. Apart from the both, India retained the remaining nine players who played at Ageas Bowl in Southampton.

Kohli once again lost the toss in the series. The toss-winning Joe Root asked Kohli-led side to roll their arms first. As per Sanjay Manjrekar, the pitch looked more like a Wankhede wicket assisting fast bowlers for the first hour of play.

Coming to Vihari, he has been the leading run-scorer in the Ranji Season for 2017-18. He is a force to reckon in the domestic cricket as he always displayed magical knocks to his name in the domestic circuit.

However, it is the rightly-earned debut for the Andhra youngster who is waiting on the sidelines for a long time.

Also, he becomes the 292nd player for India to debut in Tests. But the previous player to make the debut appearance was Rishabh Pant.

England Vs India 2018: Here are the best tweets regarding the debut of Hanuma Vihari:

https://twitter.com/imsgshinde/status/1037992495831896065

Wish young Hanuma Vihari the very best for a long international career.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 7, 2018

Hanuma Vihari is the 292nd player to play Test cricket for India. Wonder what mental effect it will have on Karun Nair. The guy has been there all summer and the team has picked a player who has flown in as a replacement. That triple hundred in Chennai seems a curse. #ENGvIND

— Nitin Naik (@toi_nitinnayak) September 7, 2018

The last player before Hanuma Vihari to be in India's Test XI while playing for the Andhra team was MSK Prasad (In Jan 2000 vs AUS, SCG). #ENGvIND

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) September 7, 2018

Can Hanuma Vihari make the number 6 spot his own? Give him a run of a few games at least. At the same time spare a thought for Karun Nair!

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) September 7, 2018

India debut for 24yr old Hanuma Vihari, who has a first class avg of 59.79 in 63 matches and a triple century to his name. #engvInd

— Alison Mitchell (@AlisonMitchell) September 7, 2018

Does Hanuma vihari desreve in playing 11 above Nair? Yes he do i guess ,considering recent form in domestic circuit maintaing 58 avg for above 60 matches is incredible. Lets hope he will do all d best vihari #ENGvsIND

— Osman (@amosman323) September 7, 2018

All the best for Hanuma Vihari. Has gone through the domestic grind and proved himself in the A tours. Now time to put all that to use . #ENGvsIND #HanumaVihari

— Anish Ancil (@anishancil) September 7, 2018

All the Best Hanuma Vihari. Hope he is not taken for sightseeing for future tours like Karun Nair.

— Prabhu (@Cricprabhu) September 7, 2018

Wish Hanuma Vihari the best as he makes his debut for India today. But boy, how tough it is to be Karun Nair right now. What wrong he has done to be not picked? @wmakarand @simpleharish #IndvsEng

— Aditya Karnik (@Adityaskarnik) September 7, 2018

https://twitter.com/akstrehan55/status/1038006162103234561

Happy for Hanuma Vihari. But, it must be tough being Karun Nair. #ENGvsIND

— Shashi? (@Shashinaik6794) September 7, 2018

Good to see Hanuma Vihari in the team. Being the last match of the series, let's see what we have in here. #TeamIndia #ENGvIND #KyaHogaIssBaar

— Rahul Verma (@MrRahulRVerma) September 7, 2018

Hanuma Vihari is the first player from India’s 2012 U19 WC winning team to play Test cricket.
He averages 59.79 in First-class cricket ?#ENGvsIND #HanumaVihari

— Hit wicket (@KetanPatil77) September 7, 2018

Hanuma Vihari makes his debut.
Go well Champ! #IndvsEng

— Divyanshu (@MSDivyanshu) September 7, 2018

All you need to know about India's latest Test recruit – Hanuma Vihari #ENGvIND https://t.co/zLivR4v5VB

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) September 7, 2018

Debutant Hanuma Vihari’s Wikipedia page makes for interesting reading. Has already made his debut against England today and scored 806*. Well played, kid. #bbccricket pic.twitter.com/IXpxHA8dL7

— Keir McCumiskey (@k_mcc_7) September 7, 2018