Twitterati disappointed as India drop Ajinkya Rahane for the first Test against South Africa

The Indian cricket team on Friday made some interesting changes to the playing XI for the 1st Test against South Africa in Cape Town. Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri decided to drop vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, while Jasprit Bumrah was handed his Test debut for the series opener.

The exclusion of Rahane, who hasn’t been firing of late, left the fans perplexed. The Mumbai batsman has been a consistent performer for the team on overseas conditions in the last couple of years.

Moreover, Rahane offers a safe pair of hands in the slip cordon, which has been a problem area for this Indian side. Several fans were of the opinion that Rahane should have been picked over Rohit Sharma given the conditions on offer.

Fans were excited about South Africa vs India game to begin and lest expected the dropping of Rahane and naturally were disappointed. While they trolled Kohli for the same but welcomed Bumrah to Test cricket as well.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to the dropping of Rahane:

https://twitter.com/BeingMsdian25/status/949191785053499392

https://twitter.com/rahil4798/status/949191731941031936

https://twitter.com/BeingFlicked/status/949191404034519040

https://twitter.com/Kahaanify/status/949190479098265601

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