‘Not letting Umran play on his SRH home ground, well-done coward Rohit’

India are batting first in the first ODI of the series against New Zealand in Hyderabad. The home team again dropped Umran Malik, which shocked fans as he plays for SRH at the same venue.

Umran has been highly successful in the Indian Premier League, and no one could understand why the new sensation was left out for the second game in a row. Earlier, he was not a part of the final game against Sri Lanka.

The management preferred Shardul Thakur over the Jammu Express. Team India’s supporters slammed Rohit Sharma and other decision-makers for their call.

Here are the tweets

Not letting play Umran on his SRH home ground, well done coward Rohit

— Varun (@wizardrincewind) January 18, 2023

WHY UMRAN MALIK IS NOT IN PLAYING 11#INDvNZ #umran #BCCI pic.twitter.com/Pm0Hplbf6z

— Sharik Dar (@SharikDar11) January 18, 2023

Umran Malik in his last three ODI innings:
Against SL: 2-48 (7)
Against SL: 3-57 (8))
Against BAN: 2-43 (8)

Shardul Thakur replaces Umran Malik in India's playing XI for the first ODI against New Zealand.#UmranMalik #ShardulThakur #India #INDvsNZ #Cricket #ODIs pic.twitter.com/I0VLt92R7U

— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) January 18, 2023

No Umran Malik In Playing XI 😳

What Is Wrong With Team India ? 😡

— Vaibhav Bhola 🇮🇳 (@VibhuBhola) January 18, 2023

Debuting Umran to play Shardul the very next series is taking 2 steps forward and 4 steps back

— ❄️ (@EnPassantMate) January 18, 2023

What did Shardul do to get a place back in the team? Random picks lol, should've played Umran and built his confidence imo.

— Aditya (@adityajha010) January 18, 2023

Meanwhile, Rohit was dismissed after scoring 34 off 38 balls, while Virat Kohli managed just 8 before he was bowled by Mitchell Santner on a peach of a delivery. The Men in Blue are without KL Rahul and Axar Patel, who are on a break for personal reasons.