'It’s very cruel to be DK today'- Twitter bemused after Dinesh Karthik's snub against England

India's mouth-watering clash against England in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup is all set to commence in front of a full house at the Adelaide Oval. While there were speculations on the Indian team opting for both Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik in the playing eleven, Rohit Sharma has nodded in favour of the former, resigning Karthik to the bench to the disappointment of the fans.

The Men in Blue had stuck with the veteran wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik for the entire tournament barring the last Super 12 game against Zimbabwe. But the team has gone forward with the same eleven as the previous game, leaving Karthik out of the team in favor of the southpaw.

While Pant has been warming the benches for the best part of India's campaign this year, his power-hitting abilities in front of shorter square boundaries gave him the edge over his senior cricketer. Not to mention he is the only left-handed batter in the Indian top five, providing much-needed versatility to the batting unit, dominated by right-handed batters.

The India team will bat first in the match after Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to field first in the crunch encounter. Mark Wood and Dawid Malan miss out due to injury for the Three Lions, with Phil Salt and Chris Jordan, drafted into the eleven to replace them.

The fans on Twitter were clearly not amused by the team management's decision to draft in Rishabh Pant for such a crucial game when they had stuck with Dinesh Karthik for the previous matches.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the Indian team's decision to drop Dinesh Karthik in favor of RIshabh Pant:

Dinesh Karthik not picked for the game again. Worst luck for him.

Maybe Rishabh’s exploitation in Australian pitches earlier during the test series could be the reason.

It’s very cruel to be DK today ❌ #ENGvsIND #T20WorldCup #Semifinal

— Kiran Kumar (@07KiranKumar) November 10, 2022

Missed all the good chances...@DineshKarthik feeling pity for you...Indian team had no other option

— Ravishankar R (@raviyoos) November 10, 2022

@BCCI @DineshKarthik played 3 matches he was runout & faced one ball, I am not sure how you guys decided he can't perform other matches, Indian team is always dumb in selecting #ENGvsIND #INDvsENG

— Aditya Kalyan (@AdityaKalyan1) November 10, 2022

It’s a good bye for @DineshKarthik ? #INDvsENG

— Sohan Vipulananda (@sohan_vipul) November 10, 2022

Dinesh Karthik played the whole Asia Cup and this world cup and now suddenly Rishabh Pant has come in the team in a big match.
I can be wrong but it's definitely a POOR selection. #INDvsENG | #RishabhPant | #DineshKarthik | #T20worldcup22 | #T20WorldCup | #Semifinal

— Paritosh Kumar 🏏 (@ParitoshK_2016) November 10, 2022

Disastrous decision to pick #Panth ahead #DineshKarthik by #RohithSharma
Make him sit inform batsman and picking Failed batsmen & wicket keeper
Match is done
Those crucial 20-30 runs will decide the match and #Eng chase the target easily#T20worldcup22#WorldCup#INDvsENG#BCCI

— Babu (@Babu34657318) November 10, 2022

It's an poor call dropping @DineshKarthik for @RishabhPant17 #INDvsENG#T20WorldCup

— Rajesh.L (@RajeshLingesh) November 10, 2022

Not playing Dinesh Karthik is the biggest mistake!

MARK MY WORDS!#INDvsENG

— Elon Muska (@ThatWalaGuy) November 10, 2022

Dropping @DineshKarthik would be really costly!

— Manit Rathi (@rathimanit) November 10, 2022

England is winning this semi-final.

Pant is the biggest scam in T20I.

Praying for England to win this match. #pant #DK #DineshKarthik #T20worldcup22

— Karthik Shanmugam (@Karthik_kt9) November 10, 2022

Why @DineshKarthik not playing?????? Very bad decision 😞😞😞😞😞😞😞#INDvsENG #BCCI

— Kharva Pratham (@KPratham360) November 10, 2022

The world will never forget how the Indian team destroyed the career of dinesh Karthik

— Yash Jain (@bharatyash_) November 10, 2022