"Makes no sense" - Indian fans excited for Virat Kohli's comeback, but feel Shreyas Iyer is unlucky to miss out on 2nd ODI vs England
Virat Kohli has made his way back into India's playing XI for the second ODI against England at Lord's on Thursday. The 33-year-old has arguably been India's best batter in this format for quite a while now and his return will certainly be a boost for India.
Kohli had to miss the first ODI due to a groin strain that he sustained in the T20I series. But he was seen practicing in the nets before the second game. It was thus a no-brainer to bring such a quality player back into the playing XI.
However, Shreyas Iyer had to make way for Kohli to return. Although the 27-year-old has been in questionable form of late, ODIs seem to be his best suit. He has scored 947 runs from 27 games at an impressive average of 41.17.
Fans on Twitter were excited to see Kohli back in the scheme of things as they felt ODIs would perhaps give him enough time to get back into form. However, some felt bad for Iyer as he probably didn't do anything wrong to warrant being dropped.
Here are some of the reactions:
#Kohli back in the thick of things, playing today
Sad for iyer as he has done well in ODI but it is all about team combination . It will be interesting to see playing 11 for ODI after KL backs to team. twitter.com/BCCI/status/15β¦
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Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli
Nightmares
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Dropped even without playing a single delivery in the last match
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Virat Kohli is playing.
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Shreyas had proven to be our best no4 bet in odis,bt lets just drop him uno
What the heck !!
Dropping Shreyas after his consistent performance in ODIs makes no sense. But I am no one to question. Management must have thought something.
Rohit Sharma as usual has won the toss and India will bowl first
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India won the toss and opted to bowl first
Rohit Sharma won the toss and had no hesitation in opting to bowl first at Lord's. Although the conditions are pretty sunny, he feels there is a bit of moisture on the pitch which bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami can exploit.
With the traditional slope of Lord's also in play, England will need a cautious start to ensure they get through the first 15 overs.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna.
England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk/c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Craig Overton, David Willey, Brydon Carse, Reece Topley.