'Gets his due after slogging in first-class cricket' - Twitter reacts to Deepak Hooda's debut in India's 1000th ODI

6th February 2022 is a special day for Deepak Hooda. Hooda will make his One Day International (ODI) debut for the Indian side against the West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The occasion becomes all the more special for the all-rounder as he will make his debut in India’s 1000th ODI match.

And, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma confirmed at the toss that Hooda will make his debut. The ‘Hitman’ also added that it is a historic day for the entire Indian cricket team and this journey to 1000 ODI matches has been one that has had a lot of ups and downs. India will bowl first in their 1000th ODI.

“We will bowl first. It’s a historic day in Indian cricket, been a long journey for India. We have seen a lot of ups and downs. As a team we have grown over the years, and we’ll continue to do that. We had a few positive Covid cases, so we have some new faces. Deepak Hooda is making his ODI debut,” said Rohit Sharma at the toss.

Twitter reacts to Deepak Hooda’s ODI debut

And the fans expressed their thoughts on social media about Hooda’s ODI debut. While one fan congratulated Hooda for making his ODI debut and stated that the all-rounder has come a long way, another tweeted that Deepak Hooda is seen as a finisher in the Indian ODI setup. Yet another fan stated that many people will be watching Hooda as he might be the missing piece in India’s ODI XI.

Hooda has a lot of experience at the first-class level. The right-handed batter has featured in 46 first-class matches, 74 List A matches as well as 141 T20 matches. While he has scored close to 3000 runs in first-class cricket, Hooda has amassed 2257 runs in List A cricket. In domestic T20 matches, the 26-year-old has scored 2172 runs.

Here is how Twitter reacted to Deepak Hooda’s ODI debut against the West Indies

Big day for Deepak Hooda, After slogging in the first class cricket he gets his due #INDvsWI

— Ankit (@sportsmenon) February 6, 2022

Deepak hooda comming in , its great he can be markram of our team can bowl some overs . #INDvWI

— Vkholic.meme (@_vishaaaaal_) February 6, 2022

That's what karma does to you a year ago krunal pandya literally degraded Deepak Hooda from bca and he has to resign from there now look where both of them are standing right now #deepakhooda

— Dharmesh (@19_Dharmesh_) February 6, 2022

Congrats Brother.@HoodaOnFire #Deepak_hooda https://t.co/grnreKX1jM

— kabool dangi (@DangiKabool) February 6, 2022

Happy for Deepak Hooda making his debut but still no place for Kuldeep Yadav #INDvsWI

— Mitul Agrawal (@mitulxyz) February 6, 2022

Playing Deepak Hooda in the role of finisher – very interesting team selection in Rohit Sharma’s official debut as India ODI Captain.

— Aniruddha Guha (@AniGuha) February 6, 2022

How is Deepak hooda selected for Indian team? He never performs for his IPL side so inconsistent 🤦

— The Gamechanger (@tarun_0707) February 6, 2022

deepak hooda being given a debut at krunal lavdya's home stadium will make it even sweeter for him

— अ (@iNeedBiryani) February 6, 2022

Deepak hooda will play his ist international odi match today. Kohli handed over him his odi cap. Best of luck deepak hooda #INDvsWI #Cricket

— Umar (@umarliyaqat4) February 6, 2022

Power of Karma ….within a year from Baroda ranji incident … Deepak Hooda in playing eleven but pandya Bros are out of Team of 15.@BCCI @hardikpandya7 @krunalpandya24

— Subodh Bhinge (@BhingeSubodh) February 6, 2022

Isnt the captain supposed to hand over the national cap to the player who makes his debut. But Deepak Hooda got his cap from Virat Kohli and not Rohit Sharma.

— HoodieBaba (@thereddevil2510) February 6, 2022

Deepak Hooda will doing his debut today. Virat Kohli handed over his cap to him.#INDvsWI #ViratKohli

— CricketKeedaMegh (@edged_and_gone_) February 6, 2022

All eyes will be on Deepak Hooda making his debut but will he get a bowl? If he does well with bat and ball, he could be the missing piece to India’s XI, however still believe a fit Hardik is the match winner we need #INDvsWI

— Arup Ghose (@arup_ghose) February 6, 2022

Today's playing XI speaks a lot about the two Deepak of Indian cricket. #DeepakHooda is seen as a finisher/allrounder as back up option while #DeepakChahar is a seaming all rounder back up to #Shardul and possibly #Hardik. Not specialist seamer who are Siraj and Praisdh. #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/zbyjbwZDuG

— G. S. Vivek (@GSV1980) February 6, 2022

Congratulations Deepak Hooda on your debut ODI ….. you have come a long way in the last 2 years, All the best for the match #INDvsWI

— Ganesh sobanapuram (@imGANESH25) February 6, 2022