'Why is he rested?' - Twitter not happy with BCCI not including Rohit Sharma for West Indies ODIs

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced India’s squad for the upcoming ODI series against West Indies, and it came as a shock for many when they saw Rohit Sharma’s name missing from the squad. The Indian all-format skipper, who was out of the recently concluded Test match against England, and also the T20I series against South Africa, has once again been rested.

Apart from Rohit Sharma, players of the senior team like Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, and Rishabh Pant have also been rested. The Indian side will be led by Shikhar Dhawan, who will be back in the Blues after a gap of more than five months as he last played an international match in February 2022 against the same opponents.

Rohit had tested positive for Covid-19 post his arrival in the UK for the Test match. After he returned multiple positive reports, he was ruled out of the rescheduled fifth Test and Jasprit Bumrah was named as the stand-in captain. Rohit’s form in the IPL was a matter of concern, as the opening batter and skipper could not manage to score a big knock.

Rohit Sharma has not played much international cricket since taking over the captaincy

Rohit Sharma has not played an international match since the conclusion of the Test series against Sri Lanka in March 2022. The Indian players finished off the Sri Lanka series and played the Indian Premier League next, but even there the 35-year-old Mumbai Indians skipper went through a rough patch.

He was rested during the home series against South Africa as KL Rahul was named the captain of the side. But due to his injury, he was ruled out ahead of the series and Rishabh Pant was given the duties as the team was seen struggling in the first two games which they eventually lost. It looked like the side lacked experienced players like Sharma, Kohli, and many others like Bumrah and Shami.

Rohit Sharma will next be seen donning the captaincy hat against England in the forthcoming T20I and ODI series. The Indian team will conclude the England tour on July 17 by playing the third and final ODI of the bilateral series and will fly to the West Indies for the next stint. Sharma, despite being the Indian skipper, has been in and out of the Indian team and netizens were not at all happy with the board’s decision to rest him.

What has made @ImRo45 very tired, to take rests at this frequency??? #RohitSharma https://t.co/cbdSoL3WuN

— Shahul Hameed (@shahul0701) July 6, 2022

I think BCCI is looking for backups for players like Rohit,Kohli and Dhawan in ODI WC 2023 in India.
If these senior players doesnot play well prior to WC we might see one or two of them missing out from squad.#INDvENG #RohitSharma

— Geofinn_12 (@12Geofinn) July 6, 2022

Rohit and Virat are becoming "Dadaji ka Hukkah" these days in Indian team, Useless but you can't throw them out because of emotions.#ViratKohli #RohitSharma #IndianCricketTeam #BCCI

— ・P A R A ・🪂 (@The_Peace_Point) July 6, 2022

I don't understand the point of resting those players…how much rest u need yaar…u haven't played SA series and u miss lot of small series…Kohli and Rohit are at the flag end of their careers..u should play games man… totally disappointed #bcci #Kohli #RohitSharma

— Bhargav (@Bhargav78264) July 6, 2022

BCCI appointing captains for Indian Cricket Team👇👇#IndvsWI #WIvsIND #Bcci#ShikharDhawan #RohitSharma #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/qWa9TzaUFU

— Vivek Thakur (@kmvi16) July 6, 2022

Agree Or Die But From Last One Decade ODI Format Is Nothing Without Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli
More Than 50% Of Team's Runs They Scored #RohitSharma #ViratKohli

— Aryan (@CrazyHitmanFan) July 6, 2022

We want rohit .. #RohitSharma

— Jagadeesh Lavu (@jagadeeshlavu45) July 6, 2022

#shameonbcci successfully destroying rohit career .. #RohitSharma #India

— Jagadeesh Lavu (@jagadeeshlavu45) July 6, 2022

This looks like the end of Rohi-Rat era, and also the era of dominance of Indian cricket sadly.😔#RohitSharma #ViratKohli #BCCI pic.twitter.com/aPxeYYPaXU

— VARAD⁴⁵ 🚩🚩 (@Varad_045) July 6, 2022

The selectors have done the unthinkable …

My TL is filled with Rohit and Virat fanboys coming together and slamming the two for resting 🙌🙌#RohitSharma #ViratKohli #CricketTwitter #India

— Anuj Prabhu 🇮🇳 (@APTalksCricket) July 6, 2022

Resting all main players and expecting them to perform for the upcoming major tournaments. #BCCI is pushing Indian team to another group stage exit.

Only 3 months for the T20 WC. Enough of this new fancy shit.#TeamIndia #ViratKohli#BCCI #RohitSharma #WIvsIND

— vaisakh satheesh (@vaisakh_____s) July 6, 2022

#RohitSharma has missed more games as captain then he has played in for #India since taking over the leadership role #BCCI

— Ronald Chettiar (@chirpyronny) July 6, 2022