Deepak Hooda has been in stunning form in recent games, however, he wasn't chosen for the second and third T20I vs England. Hooda scored a stunning century against Ireland in the second T20I and followed it up with another impressive outing vs England in the first T20I.
Despite this, once the senior players like Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and others were back from the second T20I onwards, Hooda was benched. Fans meanwhile were furious with Kohli after he could score just 1 run on Saturday, and despite skipper Rohit Sharma making 4 changes to his side, there was no place for Hooda.
Netizens meanwhile blamed Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer as they wanted Hooda to be played ahead of the aforementioned duo.
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Here's how Twitterati reacted:
Scene before match #INDvsENG #ENGvIND #RohitSharma #DeepakHooda #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/AkQ0cwJU4B — Bonkers (@bhhatu) July 10, 2022
Why is Shreyas Iyer playing ahead of Deepak Hooda?
— Besto Friendo (@BrownTrackitis) July 10, 2022
Waah @BCCI deepak hooda ko mat khilana bsdk. Keep playing highly overrated and overtly underperforming kohli — .. (@CokeGeek) July 10, 2022
@HoodaOnFire should be in the playing XI, this is injustice for him.@BCCI #IndiaVsEnglandT20 — Mango Man (@1991Rock1991) July 10, 2022
Believe Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer had been scoring so much runs over Hooda and Ishan Kishan that we as cricket fans haven't seen. Virat Kooda over Deepak Hooda. Well deserved#ENGvsIND #INDvsENG #ViratKohli #RohitSharma #T20Cricket — Vishvendra (@AbsoluteVish) July 10, 2022
In form deepak hooda being benched by kolhi and iyer in a dead rubber game #ENGvsIND
— Kush Mufc (@kushmufc) July 10, 2022
On pure form #DeepakHooda deserved to play today instead of #ViratKohli#INDvsENG #ENGvsIND — Krishna Kant Sharma (@krishnakant_75) July 10, 2022
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