'Why Isn't Yuzvendra Chahal Playing'- Twitter Reacts As The Leggie Misses Out From India Playing XI In T20 World Cup 2022 Warm-up vs Australia

The 32-year-old India National Cricket Team leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was not part of the team’s first XI in the first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 warm-up game of the side against Australia National Cricket Team on Monday, October 17 at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba.

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 commenced on October 16 with the group stage matches. The Super 12 round will commence on October 22 and the final is set to take place on November 13 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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Ahead of their tournament opener against arch-rivals Pakistan on October 23, the Men In Blue will be playing two practice matches against Australia and New Zealand on October 17 and 19 respectively.

Meanwhile, India named a 15-man squad for the warm-up game against Australia. However, premier leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was not named in the first XI of the side and he along with Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant and Deepak Hooda were named beyond XI.

As India fielded all 15 players, it’s highly likely that both Yuzvendra Chahal and Mohammed Shami may get the opportunity to bowl a few overs against Aaron Finch and Co.

Talking about Chahal, the premier leg-spinner is India’s joint-highest wicket-taker in T20Is alongside Bhuvneshwar Kumar with 85 wickets under his belt.

Chahal had a great run in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 as he finished with 27 wickets to his name and won the purple cap. However, in international cricket, he has been highly inconsistent with his performances in recent times.

Also, Yuzvendra Chahal being named beyond the first XI might be an indication that Ravichandran Ashwin will be given preference over Chahal in the multi-nation tournament.

India (11 batting, 11 fielding): Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda

Twitter Reacts As Yuzvendra Chahal Misses Out From India Playing XI:

If Ashwin plays ahead of Chahal against Pakistan then I feel it's the right decision because Pakistan's left-handed batters are power hitters. Rohit has to use Axar properly. https://t.co/vhdLrV22C8

— Biraj Raha (Ved) (@TheDravid_Fan) October 17, 2022

Ashwin over Chahal!!! Wow!

But still a practice game though. Dont want to make selection blunders in real matches! https://t.co/H26LwLInAF

— Maharaj Patil (@IamViruLover) October 17, 2022

No yuzi chahal ????? and harsal over shami …omg .

— 18Vk??♥️ (@Abhishe63327156) October 17, 2022

Chahal chicha dropped

— Shridhar Deshpande (@imsmd_) October 17, 2022

Sir why isn't chahal playing our premier spinner. Last year there was so much fuss about Chahal being dropped

— RITIK SATHU (@imRitikS) October 17, 2022

Warner Aur Chahal Bahar Baithke Tiktok Reels Banayenge ?.

— DHONI 07 (@HARSHAL17371828) October 17, 2022

Mohammed Shami not playing the warm up fixture against Australia along with Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal and Rishabh Pant.#T20WorldCup2022 pic.twitter.com/cf1EPhrmtE

— Debasis Sen (@debasissen) October 17, 2022

Team management ko australia jaake samajh aaya chahal toh idhar kisi kaam ka nai
Wah bsdk upar se bishnoi ko bhi smat khelne chod diya idhar bc

— Vicky (@Tendulkrar) October 17, 2022

Chahal not playing vs Pak most probably ??

I guess one of the reason is India now want more batting depth as Bumrah isn't there

— Kaygee18 (@Kaygee1803) October 17, 2022

Chahal getting dropped is the W'est W of 2022 https://t.co/hYu9Rge4tG

— Ｓｈａｓｈａｎｋ (@DevilNotFound9) October 17, 2022

Happy that Ashwin preferred above Chahal, if Harshal fails in both warm ups just injure him and bring Lord back in the team.

— Jayesh (@Jayesh_45) October 17, 2022

actually a good xi, not forcing in chahal to play the lead spinner and adding depth by including ashwin in place of him
just both harshal and bhuvi together don't give good vibes https://t.co/DOFJ4qJEBt

— U✌️ (@notfinished18) October 17, 2022

Don't Think Because Rohit said u will get to know on 23 Oct directly. And I think shami over Harshal and chahal over ashwin is Better than this playing 11

— DHONI 07 (@HARSHAL17371828) October 17, 2022

Great decision to play Ashwin over Chahal IMO!

— Inder (@InderCh97504066) October 17, 2022

Chahal need to outperform and take wickets to win this cup

— Harneet (@AhujaHarneet) October 17, 2022

Surprised not to see Shami, Ideally chahal should have played As he has been hot and cold in the recent matches to gain some form and confidence

— Irfan Shaikh (@shaikhirfan177) October 17, 2022

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