India vs Windies 2018: Twitter Reacts as Team India Leaves Out Mayank Agarwal

After a long time, BCCI selectors gave the nod to Mayank Agarwal to represent India at the national level. However, the wait continues for the youngster, as the team management is not ready to hand him the debut. Meanwhile, Twitterati can’t see the logic behind benching Mayank Agarwal for the second Test.

Clearly, BCCI stated that they will be looking at the series against Windies to test their players for the Australian tour. For the same, they had called Mayank Agarwal and retained Prithvi Shaw to test their skills ahead of the Australian tour.

Mayank Agarwal and Mohammed Siraj were left out:

Earlier, as it was the first match of the series, India went with the regular opener KL Rahul and handed a debut to Prithvi Shaw. The 18-year-old prodigy knocked a scintillating hundred on his debut game at Rajkot. On the other hand, KL Rahul could not trouble the scorers.

With only one Test match left ahead of the Australian tour, it was a good a best chance to test Mayank Agarwal’s calibre at international level. However, it wasn’t to be the case with Indian Team management.

Once again, they announced the same 12-member list for the second Test as well with Shardul Thakur being the 12th member. Initially, it was also expected that Mohammed Siraj would get his debut hat at his hometown Hyderabad.

Meanwhile, Twitterati, who are unimpressed with the announcement showed their other side to the team management with their strong words on the social media platform.

Coming to the game, it will be played on October 12th at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Meanwhile, Team India will head into the game with an unassailable lead of 1-0. In the meantime, Windies need to play out of their skins to draw the series. All in all, an intriguing game is inthe store.

Here are the few Tweets:

Why Take @mayankcricket in the squad if you were not going to try him out before the Australia tour?

— Bhavik (@bhavik_08) October 11, 2018

Mayank and Siraj thrown in the dust bin? Why Rahul is given so many chances?
Bad selection whoever it be.

— R.Sampathkumar (@RSampat03508573) October 11, 2018

https://twitter.com/SirRohitSharm13/status/1050263673468416000

Why not mayank Agarwal in place of rahane.??

— shwetank mishra (@shwetankm4u) October 11, 2018

no mayank agarwal
no siraj
no vihari
whats the point of fielding such a strong side against lame windies team
cant u rest pujara or rahane for one test???

— Darshan (@deekuonfire) October 11, 2018

The only bad tournament from Mayank Agarwal in last one year is IPL and you are judging him on the basis of that. And then you are complaining about bat speed technique etc. Kl Rahul ne kya teer mara hai why he is getting so many chances.

— Amod (@Amod420) October 11, 2018

So the wait continues for Mayank Agarwal & Mohd Siraj..#INDvWI https://t.co/oeX2Vc2JBw

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) October 11, 2018

So India sticking with the same 12 for the second Test. Likely same XI too, I guess.
Fair to give everyone two Tests at home v West Indies, especially the batsmen who faced extreme conditions in South Africa and England. But a slight regret that Mayank Agarwal will have to wait. pic.twitter.com/5VzyMdVQF0

— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) October 11, 2018

I guess KL Rahul is a long term investment who is failing miserably in giving returns. We cannot ignore the stocks that are continuously giving high returns with little to no investment like Mayank Agarwal
Selection should be on merits and not bias#INDvWI

— Sumit Agarwal (@sumit138) October 11, 2018

In last one year the only Indian domestic batsman who scored tons of runs and still sitting on the bench and not getting chance is Mayank Agarwal. and some stupid people is saying he should wait for his chance this is bullshit

— Amod (@Amod420) October 11, 2018

Career going to Spoil for #MayankAgarwal . What @ajinkyarahane88 done to keep himself in team?

— Sri .. 🙂 (@SriSGGuy) October 11, 2018

and they named an unchanged squad??‍♂️…the wait continues for Mayank Agarwal !!! #INDvWI

— Souvik Saha (@BongBandhu) October 11, 2018

Why were Mayank Agarwal, Mohammad Siraj called up to the squad if they had no intention of playing them? #INDvWI

— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) October 11, 2018

Mayank Agarwal Ko Agar khiLana nahi tha, To select kyu kiya, es se to achha Hota Woh Vijay Hazare Trophy Kehlata.

— Chokers fan (@Abhiman28404772) October 11, 2018