Twitter extremely disappointed over Suresh Raina's exclusion for the Asia Cup

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the 16-man squad for the upcoming Asia Cup. The selectors decided to rest the captain Virat Kohli looking at future tours and the amount of cricket to be played. He also survived an injury scare during the second Test match against England at Lord’s and deserved a rest ahead of an all-important Australia tour. However, another major exclusion from the team was of Suresh Raina who disappointed in the ODI series against England.

The left-hander was lucky to get an ODI call-up for the first time since December 2015 after Ambati Rayudu failed to clear the yo-yo test. He endured a decent T20I series against Ireland but the 50-overs leg of England tour didn’t go as planned for the southpaw. He batted in only a couple of matches during the three-game rubber and could only muster 47 runs at a poor strike-rate of 70.15.

Is Raina done and dusted?

For Suresh Raina, this was the last chance it seems ahead of the World Cup next year. Ambati Rayudu and Manish Pandey both are back in the side now after some consistent performances for India A in the quadrangular series. Even Kedar Jadhav has been recalled to the side as he proved his fitness. As far as Raina is concerned, it seems that his ODI career is done and dusted now.

He had a great chance to nail down one of the positions in the middle-order in England but he failed to do it. Though he cannot be ruled out entirely and a good domestic season might bring him back into the contention. As of now, he is not the part of the Asia Cup and will have to go through the grind yet again.

Twitterati was disappointed with his exclusion and felt bad for the left-hander who has immense experience of a whopping 226 ODIs.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

No Raina , No Yuvi No Asia Cup

— ROHIT SHARMA (HITMAN) (@iTheRider1) September 1, 2018

Good to see kedar is back
But no raina 🙁🙁🙁

— jitz03 (@jitzvijan03) September 1, 2018

No @ImRaina for Asia cup ….😢😢😢 we are feeling so sad….. @ImRaina pls come to India team… We all waiting world cup 2019….to see u there…
😢😜😜😢

— Hari (@sudhanjothi4873) September 1, 2018

Virat Rested And Rohit Captain It's Ok
Rayudu Selected It's Ok
But Why Raina Drop From Squad and Manish Select
Why Why

— Niranjan BiswalDhoni (@niradhoni) September 1, 2018

This hurts more than a break up… Probably the saddest thing today .. it's ok we all believe in you @ImRaina 🙂 .. make a comeback

— KPL💗NTR (Rainaist 🙏🏏🦁) (@imKPL48) September 1, 2018

@ImRaina kaha gaya
Nahi dekhna match ab

— @Fardeen_Salmaniac💪😎 (@Fardeen_Salman_) September 1, 2018

Where is Suresh Rockstar Raina & Yuvi Damdar Singh ? without them INDIA is 0 .

— ROHIT SHARMA (HITMAN) (@iTheRider1) September 1, 2018

We want @ImRaina in squad

— Arun RAINA 😎 (@arunAK1505) September 1, 2018

No Raina India will loose this tournament

— Itsdeepak_kraina (@Im_rainafann) September 1, 2018

We Miss you @ImRaina 😭😭😭😭
Sadness at its Peak

— Vimal Raina (@ImVimalRaina3) September 1, 2018

No place for Raina 😒

— mithun (@Joseph88257) September 1, 2018

we want @ImRaina

— Rahulraja@ (@Rahulrat1412) September 1, 2018

sir 100% Raina is better then rayudu,pandey , kedar, …sure these three guys are definitly fail in asip cup…

— suresh uppu (@suresh_uppu) September 1, 2018

almost raina career closed….

— suresh uppu (@suresh_uppu) September 1, 2018

Sir suresh Raina Kyu Nhi he

— sanskar Maheshwari (@WebbO27165851) September 1, 2018

Yeah Kedar big surprise 😑 They love him more than @ImRaina

— Jay Paul (@i_am_jaypaul) September 1, 2018

Dear Team Management,@BCCI @RaviShastriOfc @ImRo45
Why U Drop @ImRaina & Selected @im_manishpandey
It's Wrost Selection By Selection Committee@cricketaakash Sir
Is This Best Team For Asia Cup????

— Niranjan BiswalDhoni (@niradhoni) September 1, 2018

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