Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCC) announced India's squad for the World Test Championship (WTC) final and the five-match Test series against England on Friday (May 7). Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar wasn't picked in the squad and it surprised the Twitterati.
Kumar last played a Test for Team India back in 2018 against South Africa and he was the Player-of-the-Match in it. Fans felt the speedster should have been added to the squad.
BCCI has named Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shai, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, and Umesh Yadav as the fast bowling options in the squad.
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Hardik Pandya also failed to get into the squad as he has avoided bowling after recovering from injury. Spin-bowling all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja returned to the side after missing out on the Test series against England at home because of injury.
India's squad: Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Rohit Sharma, Gill, Mayank, Cheteshwar Pujara, H. Vihari, Rishabh (WK), R. Ashwin, R. Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Bumrah, Ishant, Shami, Siraj, Shardul, Umesh.
Here are the reactions of fans on the omission of Bhuvneshwar Kumar:
