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Indian team is currently locking horns with New Zealand in the second of the three-match T20I series at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson has won the toss and asked the Indians to bat first at the bowing-friendly turf of the Bay Oval.
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Making some changes following a debacle in the 20-20 World Cup, the Indian management has made some changes in the playing XI and the skipper as well. The likes of Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, and Mohammed Siraj have been included in the playing XI of the Indian T20I team after a gap in the marquee tournament in Australia.
But apart from that, there is an inclusion that hasn’t gone down well with the Indian fans, and it's none other than the senior Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Fans are demanding that the young J&K pacer Umran Malik should’ve been given a chance instead of the 32-year-old. They took to Twitter to release their angst over the tactics of the Indian management while picking the playing XI.
Here's how fans reacted as Umran Malik gets ignored once again:
No Shubman Gill, No Sanju Samson, No Kuldeep Yadav, No Umran Malik
— Vaibhav Bhola 🇮🇳 (@VibhuBhola) November 20, 2022
Now Tell Me This Is A Joke 😡😡😡😡
We had a Umran Malik who can bowl rapid but we backed Bhuvneshwar Kumar and he can be anything but rapid... This World Cup has exposed many players of Indian Team... B Kumar, Axar, Karthik, Kl Rahul, Ashwin.
— Passionate Fan (@Cricupdatesfast) November 10, 2022
*Like if you want a complete overhaul of Indian Cricket team.#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/j9SIKfjfMP
Don't get the point of playing Bhuvi anymore. On the other hand, Umran Malik should have been in the XI every game on this tour.#NZvIND
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) November 20, 2022
Sanju Samson instead of S Iyer and Umran Malik instead of Bhuvi would have better team
— Guru (@okguru_) November 20, 2022
Sanju Samson still didn't get to play.
— Tarique Anwer (@tanwer_m) November 20, 2022
Bhuvaneshwar continues to get games even after being slammed in Asia Cup and World Cup.
No Umran Malik either.
Indian T20 Cricket needs a very hard reset
— Santosh R. Goteti (@GotetiSantosh) November 11, 2022
1) Hire foreign coaches who have knowledge on SENA
2)Gary and Duncan helped India win 2011 WC and 2013 CT
3) Sack Seniors in T20 (rahul, rohit, bhuvi etc )
4) Get Umran Malik NOW!! He can’t bowl 150kph forever!
5) Groom Samson & Pant pic.twitter.com/CSLSD4cP7b
It is big 2022 after another ICC tournament debacle but India are still playing with 5 top 3 Batters instead of giving chance to someone like Sanju and they're still playing Bhuvi instead of giving chances to Umran Malik.
— Akash Kumar Jha (@Akashkumarjha14) November 20, 2022
"Reset and Restart" only seems to happen in captions.
No Sanju Samson No Umran Malik
— BRUTU (@Brutu24) November 20, 2022
Clearly India didn't learn anything from world cup debacle. This management crossed all the llimits of discrimination against Sanju Samson. This is it. I'm not gonna watch any India match until they pick Sanju #INDvsNZ
Sanju, they don't deserve U pic.twitter.com/lbP5l2uVZW
Why legendary spinner bhuvi again playing in NZ?
— Shivam🏏🇮🇳 (@copycrick) November 20, 2022
Where is Umran Malik?
#INDvsNZ
Shubman Gill ke sath Rishabh Pant ko opening karna chiye tha..Bhuvi ki jagh Umran Malik hona chiye tha...Deepak Hooda ki Jagh Sanju Samson ...Wrong Playing11#INDvsNZ @CricketTalkWithMishraJi
— Satish Mishra🇮🇳 (@SATISHMISH78) November 20, 2022
Speaking of the match so far, the Indian team has scored 27 runs for no loss in 3.1 overs. At the time of filling this copy, Ishan Kishan and Rishabh Pant are there in the middle with individual scores of 13 and 5 runs, respectively.
Notably, the first match of this three-match T20I series was washed out due to the rain without a ball bowled so the series has been reduced to two-match series. Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya is leading the team in the absence of the regular skipper Rohit Sharma.