England vs India 3rd ODI Leeds: Virat Kohli-Led Team India TROLLED For Picking Dinesh Karthik Over KL Rahul

Karthik came back into the reckoning after his last ball heroics in the Nidahas Trophy final and then he had a good run as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL.

Virat Kohli faces heat after team India selected Dinesh Karthik over KL Rahul and lost by 8 wickets to England in the 3rd ODI at Leeds. England won the series 2-1 and in the process, Virat Kohli lost his first ODI bilateral series as captain of the team. Karthik came back into the reckoning after his last ball heroics in the Nidahas Trophy final and then he had a good run as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL. Kohli at the toss said the selection was purely a “tactical move”.

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Soon Twitter started questioning the move and subtly roasted the selection. Here are the pick of the tweets.

Still can’t get Skipper’s logic. Dropping KL Rahul for Dinesh Karthik? Suresh Raina still in the squad, achaaa.
We wanted DK but obviously not in place of KL.
Will witness someone dancing to the short balls today as well. #INDvENG

— Jessy Rajkumari (@imJR_4) July 17, 2018

This troller is curious to know how Raina still finds a spot in the team when KL Rahul is there. KL Rahul has been in good form and is an attacking top-order batsman. With him being dropped, questions are bound to be raised.

KL Rahul dropped ‘tactically’ after one ODI failure. Karthik deserves his opportunity but… Sigh.

Bhuvi and Shardul back for Kaul and Umesh.

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) July 17, 2018

This fan seems to be questioning the selection of bowlers, that how Umesh Yadav is dropped and Shardul finds a spot in the XI. He has a problem with the Karthik selection, but refrains from commenting.

It’s ridiculous to drop K L Rahul from the team. Dinesh karthik could have been in by replacing someone else but not KL. Rahul is in fine form , scored a century just a few days ago. Just one failure in the last match and he is dropped. #INDvsENG

— Anand Hegde (@hegdemacha) July 17, 2018

The netizen feels given the form KL Rahul is in, he is an obvious pick. He also raises a pertinent question when he asks how can KL Rahul be dropped after just one failure. That seems to be baffling the fan.

Questions are bound to be raised, now that India has lost. Now, it is over to red-ball cricket, with the 1st Test starting from August 1.