SA vs IND 2018: Twitter Trolls Rohit Sharma For Another Failure, Wants Ajinkya Rahane To Replace Him

For the second game in a row, India raised a lot of eyebrows with their selections. Ajinkya Rahane’s omission from the playing eleven for the first Test was met with a lot of criticism and speculations were rife that the Mumbai batsman would return to the team for the ongoing second Test after his replacement Rohit Sharma failed to deliver in Cape Town.

The reason for the criticism was quite obvious. With Rahane being one of India’s best performers in overseas Tests in addition to being the vice-captain of the side, no one was expecting him to be benched. The right-handed batsman averages more than 53 when he plays outside India. Six of his nine Test centuries have come outside India, as he has amassed 1817 runs in 24 overseas Tests.

But the team-management preferred form over reputation, giving Rohit Sharma the nod ahead of Rahane. Rohit then got the nod ahead of Rahane in the second Test too, much to the surprise of many. The decision was once again severely criticised and the criticism only elevated after Rohit scored just 10 in Centurion.

Not surprisingly, the fans came out in number to troll Rohit as they made their displeasure felt on Twitter. Here are some of the reactions:

Rahane in place of Rohit sharma for next test is must. NECESSARY not CHOICE anymore. #IndvsSA

— mourya kashyap (@KashyapMourya) January 14, 2018

Rahane in place of Rohit sharma for next test is must. NECESSARY not CHOICE anymore. #IndvsSA

— mourya kashyap (@KashyapMourya) January 14, 2018

Plz give me 4 innings, i can score more than Rohit Sharma with better strike rates…#deal

— JD (@jnd583) January 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/oscar_dazzler/status/952570326591787008?

https://twitter.com/mycricweb/status/952570765957713920?

https://twitter.com/RaviVeeraghanta/status/952570581710336000?

@IamKohli Rohit sharma is a oneday player and flopped several times in test. Many times dropped and recalled in test, Playing for 10 yrs still not permanent test player.
How many times you guys will try Rohit in test !!!

— Abhishek Singh (@Singhabhi_07) January 14, 2018

I can't remember the number of times I've hear it said that this is an opportunity for Rohit to play a defining innings.

— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) January 14, 2018

Rohit Sharma shall remain like the potential energy which didn't convert into kinetic energy.

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) January 14, 2018

I think it's enough of Rohit Sharma in test matches. What a let down this guy has been for the so called talent.

— LOLendra Singh (@LOLendraSingh) January 14, 2018

Runs this series:
Rohit: 31
Pujara: 30
Obviously, as evident from these numbers, Rohit, and not Pujara, should make way for Rahane.#SAvIND

— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) January 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/Nesenag/status/952544343746805761

Rahane’s career looking better with every innings that he doesn’t play. #Rohit #SAvIND

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) January 14, 2018