Twitter Reactions: Fans annoyed with exclusion of Irfan Pathan from RPS side

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MS Dhoni has had a terrible season with his IPL side, Rising Pune Supergiants. With 7 losses in 10 games, the Pune franchise has struggled to make any impact in the tournament and has turned out to be complete failure. The team combinations didn’t work, top players were ruled out due to injuries and the bowling attack lacked the firepower. Dhoni’s captaincy also came under criticism for his unusual tactics. One of the surprising decisions which dejected many fans was to leave all-rounder Irfan Pathan in the cold. Pathan, who was bought in the players auction for his base price of 1 crore has got only one opportunity to play this season.

The facts which make Irfan Pathan fans more upset is that the swing bowlers was treated similarly in the previous season where he was with the now-defunct Chennai Super Kings. Despite being picked up for 3 crores, he spent the full season warming the bench and did not get a single opportunity to play.

This season too he wasn’t the first preference in a sense. RPS started their campaign with a win but then had a losing streak. Their bowling looked completely hollow which finally prompted Dhoni to pick him to play against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali, ending his 19 match drought.

Unfortunately, all Irfan Pathan could get was a single over before being pulled out of the attack. The following match saw his getting dropped and since then he hasn’t been included again. Fans cite a couple of reasons for his inclusion. He came into the tournament after an excellent run at the domestic level for Baroda. The other fact is that he didn’t perform badly in the single over appearance where he gave away only 7 runs.

RPS are playing yet again without Irfan Pathan and the twitter was once again trending with some amusing tweets.

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/730045637031399424

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/730053813537669120

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