'Board ab comedy club ban gaya hai' - Fans fume at Indian Cricket Board as it sacks T20I performer of the year from T20I squad

The Indian Cricket Board recently announced the best performers of team India for the calendar year of 2022 across all the formats of the game. The star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant and senior pacer Jasprit Bumrah was named as the best performers of red-ball cricket for India last year.

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Whereas the two players who topped the chart in ODI are number-four batter Shreyas Iyer and star pacer Mohammed Siraj. They both have shown their excellence in the 50-overs format in their respective disciplines with bat and ball.

Speaking of the quickest format of the game, Indian Cricket picked two players, out of those, one name has made it to the headlines immediately after the announcement of the Indian squad for the upcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka starting on Tuesday, the 3^rd of January.

The first name in the list of top performers of T20I cricket was Suryakumar Yadav who amassed two outstanding centuries in the format against England and New Zealand respectively. The other name was none other than the veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar who scalped 37 wickets in 32 T20I appearances.

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But surprisingly, even after being the best T20I performer of the year, Bhuvi is not a part of the T20I squad selected for the home T20I series against Sri Lanka. This move from the Indian Cricket Board didn’t go down well with the Indian Cricket Fans and they did not late in slamming the authorities for being unprofessional while picking the team for an international series.

🏏 @surya_14kumar and @BhuviOfficial are our Top Performers in T20Is for 2022 👏💪#TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/pRmzxl8TDm

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 31, 2022

Here's how fans reacted:

Funny this is. Bhuvi does well throughout the year and gets dropped from the t20 set up cos of just 1 bad performance. Bcci lately has become a comedy club. https://t.co/1inrqQnGQb

— roonzz (@roonzzeyy) December 31, 2022

And Top Performer Not In The Squad....👏👌 https://t.co/JgEr3Y6eVU

— VS 🆚 (@BHARATkaVS) December 31, 2022

Yet you drop bhuvi from squads. Don't give the lame excuse of looking at younger generation. Who in younger gen can come atleast close to bhuvi? If someone performs, you will drop them. That's been bcci's motto. https://t.co/S3LPsEcyip

— Raam ™ (@im_ram) December 31, 2022

T20 Performer Of The Year Is Not In Squad Now, Just BCCI Things 😂

— देवदास🍻 (@Footballetic_fc) December 31, 2022

And dropped from the team Excellent 👍

— Ankit Mishra 🇮🇳 (@Anku_tweet) December 31, 2022

Talking about the setup of the Indian team for the T20I series against Sri Lanka, star all-rounder Hardik Pandya will lead the team in the absence of regular skipper Rohit Sharma. Whereas the former skipper and veteran batter Virat Kohli will also miss this assignment against the Islanders.

Following the conclusion of the T20I series against Sri Lanka, the hosts will lock horns against the former in the ODI series having the same number of matches.