'Feel for him' - Twitter disappointed with Rahul Tripathi not getting a chance in India's T20I squad

After the conclusion of the IPL 2022 on May 29, the focus will be back on India’s international fixtures with the Men In Blue hosting South Africa in a five-match T20I series starting June 9. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the squad for the upcoming T20Is on Sunday (May 22) with emerging speedster Umran Malik getting an India call-up.

Apart from Umran, other players who performed consistently in the ongoing season of the marquee tournament also got national call-ups including the likes of yorker specialist Arshdeep Singh and veteran wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik. However, one of the highly-anticipated names went missing on this list and it happened to be that of SRH batter Rahul Tripathi who has done exceptionally well in this year’s IPL.

Many of the fans and the members of the cricketing fraternity had batted for Tripathi’s inclusion in India’s T20I squad and since he was ignored by the selectors, the Twitterverse came forward and expressed their disappointment.

Tripathi has done extremely well in IPL 2022 so far

Rahul Tripathi has been one of the saviours of the Sunrisers Hyderabad and also their most consistent middle-order performer in the ongoing IPL 2022 having amassed 393 runs from 13 outings averaging 39.30 and a strike rate of 161.73 that included three half-centuries and as many unbeaten knocks. Not only this season, but Tripathi has been consistently doing well in the IPL and also in domestic cricket.

SRH were one of the most inconsistent sides in the competition and have been knocked out for a second successive season without making the playoffs. They would now be playing for pride against the Punjab Kings in the final league fixture of IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium on May 22.

Coming back to international fixtures, India will be led by the limited-overs vice-captain KL Rahul with key members Virat Kohli, skipper Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah rested for this T20I series as India have a packed calendar in the second half of this year that also includes the Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup in Australia. Meanwhile, Twitter was not happy with the selectors for not picking Rahul Tripathi in India’s T20I squad.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

Where is Rahul Tripathi? https://t.co/1EdjF1X6pV

— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) May 22, 2022

Feel for Rahul Tripathi. Has been a consistent run scorer in the IPL for last few seasons and has done no wrong to deserve a call when seniors are resting. Hopefully he'll be there for the Ireland tour. Sanju Samson the other one who deserved an opportunity too.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 22, 2022

Feel for Rahul Tripathi and Sanju Samson, both deserve to be part of the T20 setup. Two of them have been showing very good consistency with healthy strike rate in IPL in the last few years – hoping both will be part of the Ireland T20 series.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 22, 2022

Rahul tripathi is better than venkatesh iyer. @BCCI you feel for it

— SuriyaDhoni 💛💛💛 (@sevanism7) May 22, 2022

#rahultripathi @BCCI definitely missing him,come on he is a fearless batsman and definitely suitable for T20 fromat

— AKASH (@AKASH69291265) May 22, 2022

Why gaikwad and venkatesh Iyer ??

Tripathi deserve the place in squad

— TARAK ANNA ARMY🔥🔥 (@Tarakannaarmy) May 22, 2022

Shame on BCCI for Not Including this Man !! pic.twitter.com/g3t6Db3UFo

— KeyWall (@Keval_Ancient) May 22, 2022

U deserves to loose in every ICC tournaments….
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Great work pic.twitter.com/OwiWhP7A0s

— Need New Selection Panel for India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🏻 (@cric_not_out) May 22, 2022

Unlucky for rahul tripathi. Ruturaj didnt get chance. So he will get chance in this series

— cristiano ronaldo (@vaishak47193279) May 22, 2022

No Rahul Tripathi?? What is venkatesh Iyer doing in the squad 🤔. Also why 3 wicket keepers ?

— Srikant M (@SrikantM15) May 22, 2022

When Kohli will play at 3 and if Rahul Tripathi performed will you drop Kohli for Tripathi? Yahi toh selection dilemma hai which costs us every time i agree about DK too Umran Malik ki baat last year se hone lagi thi only DK is selected on IPL recency

— Prathamesh141 (@prathamesh18451) May 22, 2022

@rahultripathi should have been selected over venkatesh Iyer🙄

— Vihari Gudla (@vihari_gudla) May 22, 2022

Feeling sad for Rahul Tripathi!!
Indian selectors are brainless again..#BCCI #IndvsSA

— Deepesh Gupta (@deepesh_1504) May 22, 2022