Twitter Reactions: Abhinav Mukund recalled, Wriddhiman Saha returns for Bangladesh Test

Tamil Nadu skipper Abhinav Mukund has been recalled to the Indian squad for the one-off Test against Bangladesh and he will be making a return to the national squad after 6 long years. Team India selectors met in Mumbai today to announce the 16 member squad for the solitary against Bangladesh starting on February 9 at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad. The selectors stuck to the more or less same team squad which thrashed New Zealand 3-0 and England 4-0 very recently.

Bangladesh has been playing some resilient cricket off late even in the longest format and their recent victory against the mighty Englishmen is a proof of their drastic improvement especially in the Test circuit. Despite losing the Test series to New Zealand 0-2, they had their moments throughout. Former captain Shakib-al-Hasan scored a magnificent double ton in the 2nd Test to take Bangladesh to 595 in their first essay but despite their monumental effort, they collapsed horribly in the 2nd innings thus giving New Zealand an exceptional come from behind victory.

Wriddhiman Saha who was out of the team for the last 3 Tests against England made an expected return as Virat Kohli and chief selector MSK Prasad has mentioned earlier that Saha remains their first choice keeper despite Parthiv Patel’s impressive performance against England. The middle order looks quite settled with the likes of Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli. Karun Nair who struck a mind-boggling triple century against England will hope to replicate some of his heroics against the Bangla Tigers.

Hardik Pandya who is yet to make his Test debut is also in the squad as a seam bowling all-rounder while the team management has also added Mishra. Mukund will be the reserve opener behind Murali Vijay and Lokesh Rahul. The decision of a picking a 16 members squad for a one-off Test in home looks pretty surprising but given the injuries the team has gone through in the recent past, it might not be a bad idea.

Also read: Abhinav Mukund included in India squad for Bangladesh Test

Twitterati responded after the squad was announced and here are some of the best tweets

Good to see stability in the Indian team and a predictable selection. Reward for Abhinav Mukund and justified return for @Wriddhipops

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 31, 2017

Abhinav Mukund might have been selected over Panchal becuase he bats left handed. He has the best record over the last 3 years among LHB's.

— Gaurav Sundararaman (@gaurav_sundar) January 31, 2017

Abhinav Mukund made his Test debut with Virat Kohli & Praveen Kumar.@IndianCricNews

— Aditya Suman (@cricadi03) January 31, 2017

Absolutely thrilled for @mukundabhinav to be back in the Indian team! Make this count, boss man!

— Aaditya Narayan (@Aaditya_LFC) January 31, 2017

Abhinav Mukund's rollercoaster ride
Triple ton at 18
Playing Tests & getting dropped at 21
Wanting to quit
Making a comeback at 27#IndvBan

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) January 31, 2017

Abhinav Mukund Makes Comeback After 5 Years. Last Time He Played Virat Kohli Made His Debut In The Same Match, Now He's The Captain.#IndvBan pic.twitter.com/kES8RbgZqS

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) January 31, 2017

https://twitter.com/1sInto2s/status/826439357431111680

https://twitter.com/SirRohitSharma_/status/826434786390634496

comeback into test squad after 6 yrs for @mukundabhinav . Toiled hard in domestic cricket. If gets a chance in 11,? hope he does well

— ROHAN R SHANBHAG (@rony619619) January 31, 2017

Abhinav Mukund makes a return to Indian team with good first class form and Not sure why Parthiv Patel not selected… ?

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) January 31, 2017

Blow to Shikhar Dhawan. But Abhinav Mukund has scored runs aplenty this season and difficult to ignore

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) January 31, 2017

Parthiv Patel not selected for #IndvsBan inspite of great performance
Hardik Patel should drop his surname for One Day

— Anilbhai Purohit (@anilpurohi) January 31, 2017

You can see the depth in Indian cricket with the fact that @parthiv9 could come up and play so easily.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 31, 2017

Is Parthiv Patel injured because dropping him makes absolutely no sense here! #INDvBAN

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) January 31, 2017

Gotta feel for #ParthivPatel, played well in the last internationals, played like a monster in the #RanjiTrophy final, but has to loose out

— Roshan Koshy (@RoshanRVK) January 31, 2017

Why Parthiv dropped out? #IndvsBan

— Bushra (@bushrareal202) January 31, 2017

WTF @bcci why is @parthiv9 dropped?? So one need a strong backing instead of performance to play for India. @AmitShah @GujCricketAsso

— Kshatriya Dhaval (@kshatriyadhaval) January 31, 2017

What a blunder!! @parthiv9 missed out in spite of showing great form against England #ShameOnBCCI #IHatePolitics #IndvsBan

— Be the Change (@pratik25984) January 31, 2017