Twitter trolls ICC for excluding Rishabh Pant from both of India's limited-overs squads

The Indian selection panel, on Monday, announced the ODI and T20I squads for the upcoming series against Australia and New Zealand. MS Dhoni returned to the mix in the shortest format after being left out for Windies and Australia series earlier. However, Rishabh Pant, who has been tipped to be his successor, was dropped from the ODIs ahead of the World Cup as Dinesh Karthik looks set to make it to England for World Cup.

The decision of dropping Pant comes on the back of some poor scores from the youngster during the Windies series. He scored only 41 runs in the two outings while not being able to finish the innings on a high note. On the contrary, another wicket-keeper Karthik did well in Australia down the order finishing games with utmost precision.

Though Pant has been left out of the ODIs, the selectors seem to be keeping him in the plans in the T20 Internationals ahead of the World Cup in 2020 which will be played in Australia. Pant is currently in Australia playing in the ongoing Test series against the home team and has been impressive with the gloves. He has also fared decently with the willow batting down the order with the tail.

ICC’s wrong tweet

Meanwhile, the official Twitter handle of International Cricket Council (ICC) made a blunder while tweeting about the news of India’s squad announcement. It mentioned that Rishabh Pant was dropped from India’s both limited-overs squads. The 20-year-old was retained for the T20Is as a total of three wicket-keepers made it to the line-up.

ICC’s mistake was quickly spotted by the social media gimmicks and though it was deleted soon, the blunder was enough for them to troll. This is not the first time that ICC‘s Twitter handle has committed a mistake even as their witty tweets have also bee responsible in attracting fans’ ire in the past.

Here’s ICC’s tweet:

Here’s how Twitter trolled:

I see Rishab pant name in the squad and headline says he is out 🤔🤔

— Swamy Battula (@SwamyBathula) December 24, 2018

Icc😂😂 Pant is in t20

— Ujwal Chahande (@UjwalC15) December 24, 2018

U r wrong dear admin… Rishab Pant also in T20I sqaurd against New Zeland

— Tapas Jena (@tapaskumarjena) December 24, 2018

Come On @icc, Rishabh is there in the T20 squad for NZ !

— Danish Khan (@danishkhan_30) December 24, 2018

Sorry You got wrong, Rishabh Pant is in T20 Squad please check your link carefully.

— Ankit Singh Chauhan (@AnkitS_ingh) December 24, 2018

Pant is there in the T20 squad

— Vianney Cecil (@VianneyCecil) December 24, 2018

Plz chk with @BCCI, @RishabPant777 back his seat in t 20 against @BLACKCAPS

— शशांक शेखर (@Ishashank100mb) December 24, 2018

Who is posting this… ?? @RishabPant777 is in T20 squad https://t.co/JnLyY1RlX9

— Misal 🇮🇳 (@MisalRaj_) December 24, 2018

R pant is in t20 squad

— Ramana (@Ramana80228054) December 24, 2018

Pant is part of the T20 squad!

— pranjal shah (@pranjalshah22) December 24, 2018

Pant is in t20 sqad

— Shailesh koranga (@shaileshkorang1) December 24, 2018

Rishab Pant is available for New Zeland T20I squad.

— IBRAHIM KHALEEL (@IAMSYEDKHALEEL) December 24, 2018

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