Rishabh Pant Gets Maiden ODI Call in Virat Kohli-Led India For Windies Series as BCCI Announce Squad, Twitter is Happy

Young Rishabh Pant gets his maiden ODI call-up after some breathtaking performances in Tests and that is making headlines after BCCI announced a 14-member squad for the first two ODIs against the touring Windies outfit.

Written by: India.com Sports Desk Edited by: Ankit Banerjee

Published: October 11, 2018, 6:25 PM IST

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Young Rishabh Pant gets his maiden ODI call-up after some breathtaking performances in Tests and that is making headlines after BCCI announced a 14-member squad for the first two ODIs against the touring Windies outfit. Pant and MS Dhoni both find a spot and that is a surprise as it was expected that only one wicketkeeper will be selected. But strange enough that has set the social sphere on fire. Some fans also feel that now that he has been picked in the squad he should play and if Dhoni too has to be fitted into the side, Pant plays as a pure batsman.

Here is how Twitter reacted to his pick.

Acha hua kartik ki jgh rishabh ko lia

— Devendra suwalka (@devendrasuwalka) October 11, 2018

Rishabh pant A brilliant choice

— Manoj (@ManojjoramOO7) October 11, 2018

Happy to see both shami and rishabh

— s tweets (@imstrongkohli) October 11, 2018

Good to see Rishabh pant Earns ODI call up…His aggressive style of batting much needed for india to finish off games in future …I think he suited to bat at No-6

— chandru suman (@chandhrusuman) October 11, 2018

He should play in place of Dhoni…

— Aviral Srivastava (@aviral121999) October 11, 2018

Pant Should be Playing for sure. What do you think?

— Virender Sehwag (@TheSehwagFC) October 11, 2018

Rishabh Pant finally makes it to the ODI squad….how he made the test side sooner than limited overs only BCCI can explain…hopefully Dhoni gets the much deserved AXE finally….time to take WC 19 seriously..#INdvWI

— Man of Justice (@SuperGops) October 11, 2018

Earlier in the day, India announced a 12-member squad for the Hyderabad Test starting tomorrow, it was a surprise that Mayank Agarwal again does not get picked. India sticks to the same 12 that featured in Rajkot. India already has a 1-0 lead in the ongoing two-match Test series. India thrashed West Indies by an innings and 272 runs to win the Test.

Meanwhile, debutant Prithvi Shaw made headlines by smashing a brilliant century on his debut Test, the Rajkot Test also saw local boy Ravindra Jadeja bring up his first Test ton and Kohli just continued his sublime form as he smashed his 24th Test century. Kuldeep Yadav too, picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests to help India win.