Twitter Reactions: Twitterati troll 'Bhumi Pujan' Shikhar Dhawan

Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan is gradually becoming a troll favorite on Twitter. He hasn’t been in the best of forms opening the batting for the national team and getting out early has attracted trolls to give him a name ‘Bhoomi Poojan Shikhar Dhawan’ which refers to him walking out completing the formality, inaugurating the innings and then walking back soon after. He was dismissed for just 1 run in the first ODI against England while the team was up chasing 351 runs.

Shikhar hasn’t really been a part of the team in the last few series’ he isn’t the first choice opener in either formats. In ODI and T20I Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul have the opening responsibility while in Tests it is Murali Vijay and Rahul. Since Rohit is injured the southpaw was recalled in the team and he definitely didn’t get off to a great start.

The visitors had posted a huge target and the task was stiff for the Men in Blue. They were expecting the openers to kick off the chase and put immediate pressure on the opposition while what happened was both the Indian openers Dhawan and Rahul got into a shell, the England seamers didn’t let them score runs and the left-hander was the first one to be dismissed on 1 after facing 10 deliveries.

He tried to cut the last ball of the 4th over from David Willey but it took the edge and went straight to Moeen Ali at third man who fumbled but managed to hold onto the juggle. Shattering all the expectations he was on his way back and Rahul too couldn’t carry on longer and was bowled by Willey for 8.

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Team India was in a soup at 63/4 but that was when the master class of Virat Kohli and courage of Kedar Jadhav bailed them out and Hardik Pandya’s finishing act took them home with 3 wickets and 11 balls to spare.

Here is how disappointed Twitterati were with Dhawan’s performance:

And again Sikhar Dawan came for Bhoomi Pujan#INDvENG

— Sharan Sulibhavi (@IamSharan725) January 15, 2017

Every one played their part! Special appearance by Bhoomi Pujan Shikar dhawan!

— WTF (@WhyTheFace_) January 15, 2017

Bhoomi-Pujan Shikhar Dhawan right now after watching Virat bat is like…
"Meri batting ke time,light dangh se nahi jali thi." #INDvENG

— RAY (@BeingSuperFool) January 15, 2017

Naya Saal Aa Gaya Par Shikhar Dhawan Nahi Sudhrega.. Bhoomi Pujan Karke Jaata Hai Hamesha.. ?

— Ankit Mor (@AnkitM03) January 15, 2017

Ye Dhawan sirf bhoomi pujan hi karne aata hai kya?

— Gujarati Bhoot (@coffee_garam) January 15, 2017

@bhogleharsha my serious question – why is shikhar dhawan in the side?
Please answer.

— shreyas kulkarni (@kulkarnishreyas) January 16, 2017

Will @BCCI allow me to play as a Opener in #TeamIndia instead of @SDhawan25 ? Definitely i score in double digit except binary numbers 0,1,1

— Rx N!rAv PatEL™ (@patelnirav_007) January 16, 2017

@SDhawan25 Mr. Gabar do you fall in love with basanti, Why you play like this man You should take lesson with Jadhav, Not play @YUVSTRONG12

— Mohammad Razaullah (@Razaullah89) January 16, 2017

@BCCI Dear Member of Indian ODI selection committee, who has suggested to select Mr. @SDhawan25 national want to know….

— Mohammad Razaullah (@Razaullah89) January 16, 2017

My gf's were like @SDhawan25
didnt last long

— VPN (@JokinglyYours) January 16, 2017

Shikhar Dhawan ass should be kicked badly and he should be thrown out of the team.

— ßєคɾɖ ßɷყ ??? (@BeingFlicked) January 16, 2017

https://twitter.com/Plaid_virat/status/820860236848369664

"Somebody got hurt.. lol @sagarcasm: Mumbai winters are like Shikhar Dhawan. They don't last long."

— mohit prince nanda (@princenanda910) January 16, 2017

I Think @imVkohli chose to bowl coz he didn't want his first match as captain to start off with @SDhawan25 doing the bhoomi poojan #INDvENG

— akshay jain (@dilsaeakshay1) January 16, 2017

Is there any special reason behind dropping @ajinkyarahane88 from top 11
He is bestest than @SDhawan25 ever@imVkohli @BCCI @anilkumble1074

— Swapnil (@SwapnilDodmani) January 16, 2017

@SDhawan25 non-performance is alarming. It may be time to try 2 right handers and bring @ImRo45 back in. He is cut out for Indian tracks.

— Harshil Dalal (@harshild) January 15, 2017

We shud all thank Shikhar Dhawan fr this spl win. The legend didn't think twice before giving his wicket early to serve his country ..

— Amatya Rakshas (@SunilSoley) January 15, 2017

@SDhawan25 se better to apna #SushantSinghRajput khel leta hai.. #INDvENG

— Mohd Faisal (@onlinefaisal) January 15, 2017

Best thing about shikhar dhawan is theseday he doesn't waste too many deliveries and gets out early.

— Abhishek Singh (@Abvishek) January 15, 2017

Shikhar Dhawan has been officially struck off the team to represent India as of today. He's free to play gully cricket though.

— Anirban Dasgupta (@AnirbansTweets) January 15, 2017

https://twitter.com/gi7505/status/820694072067313666

Things which last longer than Shikhar Dhawan lasts on crease:

1. Chhoti goldflake
2. 5 rs waali Dairy Milk
3. 10 ka talktime

— Javed amin (@javedabu) January 15, 2017

Kedar Jadhav to transfer 500 Rs from his Paytm account to Shikhar Dhawan, so that Dhawan can book a flight to Delhi & gett 500 Rs discount

— Sunil (@akshaykanitkar) January 15, 2017