'Got to feel for him' - Twitter reacts to Jason Roy's axing from England's T20 World Cup squad

England have named their 15-member squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, which is set to take place in Australia in October-November. Opening batter Jason Roy has failed to make the squad, owing to his recent struggles. He last played for the Three Lions in the recently-concluded white-ball series against South Africa at home.

In 2022, Roy has played 11 T20Is so far and scored 206 runs at an average of 18.72 and a strike rate of 104.04 with only one fifty. And his recent form of scoring 76 runs in the last six games, once again, does not make good reading for an England T20I top-order batter. And after facing the axe from the national team, Roy might be shown the way back to domestic cricket to earn his place once again in the national team.

Chris Woakes, Mark Wood to return from injuries

Opener Phil Salt, with a great The Hundred season with the bat under his belt, forced a spot for himself in the national squad for the mega event. Senior seamers Chris Woakes and Mark Wood have also been named in the squad who have been out of action lately due to injuries. They last played for England in March on the West Indies tour.

Jos Buttler’s men have gone with just one specialist spinner in Adil Rashid, with pacers Chris Jordan, Sam Curran, David Willey and Reece Topley. Pacers Tymal Mills and Richard Gleeson, along with all-rounder Liam Dawson are among the reserves for the ICC event. 

England are in the same group as Afghanistan, Australia and New Zealand for Super 12. England will also have a pre-World Cup tour of Australia for three T20Is which will take place from October 9 to October 14. Their World Cup campaign will commence on October 22.

England squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2022: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Phil Salt, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Reece Topley, Mark Wood

Reserves: Tymal Mills, Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson

Meanwhile, here's how Twitter reacted to Jason Roy's axing:

Jason Roy dropped from the T20 World Cup squad. Jofra Archer hasn't recovered yet so he misses out too, no Alex Hales either.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 2, 2022

England squad for the T20 World Cup 2022: Jason Roy dropped!

Buttler (C), Moeen, Bairstow, Brook, Sam Curran, Jordan, Livingstone, Malan, Rashid, Salt, Stokes, Topley, Willey, Woakes, Wood.

— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) September 2, 2022

Got to feel for Jason Roy. Yes he is not in form, but the hundred doesn’t prove the point. Playing on the international stage is a big thing. He has won a World Cup with England & knows what he has to do better. You don’t see the other big names being dropped under pressure 🏏

— James (@Surreycricfan) September 1, 2022

Jason Roy 's fortunes after he gave up the opportunity to play for Gujarat in IPL this year

Averaged 24 in ODIs vs India and SA

Averaged 12.66 in T20Is vs India and SA with Strike Rate - 77.5

Scored 51 runs @ 8.5 avg in the Hundred

Unsold in BBL Draft@cric_analytics pic.twitter.com/KOwvk11pih

— Arnav Singh (@Arnavv43) August 28, 2022

England got rid of Jason Roy for the time being because of fitness. Will Jacks made it after a blistering Hundred season. Ben Stokes returns after don't know how many months. @OneCricketApp #CricketTwitterhttps://t.co/6KsqsihbAj

— Kaushik (@CricKaushik_) September 2, 2022

England doesn't deserve you my boyss💔 #t20worldcup2022 #JasonRoy #JoeRoot pic.twitter.com/67WgaS3Rln

— Fatima (@JoeRootmatters) September 2, 2022

No Jason Roy is a surprise but can’t say it’s wrong either, been abysmal for a while for England and in domestic cricket so can’t put that amount of faith in him that it will just click in a World Cup. https://t.co/Jy50pNqvva

— Dan (@Dan23_92) September 2, 2022