Rahul Tewatia's Viral Tweet After Missing Out On Squad For Ireland T20s

16.06.2022 - 06:51 sports.ndtv.com

As India named their squad for the two-match T20 series against Ireland, one name that was missing was of all-rounder Rahul Tewatia.

The 29-year-old played a key role in helping Gujarat Titans win the Indian Premier League title in their debut season, but was overlooked by selectors.

Tewatia put out a two-word tweet that has since gone viral. "Expectations hurts (sic)," he tweeted. The post has got more than 10,000 likes and over 500 retweets on the microblogging site, with several users consoling him and assuring him that he will one day get his chance in the national team.

Expectations hurts Tewatia had got a call-up for a T20I series in Australia after IPL 2020, but could not clear the fitness test at the time.

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While the India squad for Ireland series saw someone like Rahul Tripathi getting his maiden national call-up, another quality player like Rahul Tewatia's wait to make it to the national squad continued. The all-rounder played a crucial role for newbies Gujarat Titans in IPL 2022. He scored 217 runs across 12 innings at a strike rate of 147.62. Soon after India's 17-member squad for the Ireland series was announced, Tewatia took to Twitter to say "expectations hurts (sic)". However, former South Africa captain Graeme Smith is of the opinion that he should rather focus on his game than the social media.

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India's 17-member squad for the two T20Is against Ireland later this month had several youngsters getting selected, some of whom did really well in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. The team will be led by Hardik Pandya and will be another opportunity for the Indian team management to zero in on the players who are likely to make it to the T20 World Cup, going to be held in Australia in October-November. However, one name that was missing from the squad was Rahul Tewatia.