IND vs AUS 2022-23, 1st Test: 'Unfair selection' - Tiwtteratis slam BCCI as Suryakumar Yadav falls for mere 8

Indian middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav made his Test debut in the ongoing opening Test against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Being played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Nagpur, he was off to a brilliant start to his Test career, sweeping off-spinner Todd Murphy for a four towards backward square leg.

However, it turned out to be Yadav's only boundary of the innings, as 18 deliveries later, he was bowled up by veteran off-spinner Nathan Lyon and could have a strike rate of just 40.00. In the meantime, fans took to Twitter to vent their frustration, with a few slamming his selection over young opener Shubman Gill and Sanju Samson, while some feel he needs to control his aggressive intent in this format.

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As for the slammers, one user wrote, "🤣🤣👎 joke #SuryakumarYadav", whereas another corresponded, "How on earth would you take Suryakumar Yadav instead of Shubman Gill in Test cricket?" Also, another Twitterati registered, "#Jadeja is a thousand times better than fraud #KLRahul, overrated #pujara & t20 specialist #SuryakumarYadav."

While another documented, "Indian selectors must know that Suryakumar Yadav is not a test batsman IMO #INDvsAUS", there was one who was baffled by Surya's shot-selection and wrote, "What the hell #SuryakumarYadav is doing?" Also, a user slammed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), terming his selection "unfair".

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On the other hand, some commented on his aggression and authored, "#SuryakumarYadav is not ready for ODI format nor for the Test format. @bcci should drop him. He has temperamental issues. #INDvAUS". Another supporter remarked, "If I were an Indian selector, I wouldn't pick Suryakumar Yadav for red ball cricket. He's such an excellent T20 player. Making him play test cricket is asking too much of him. I would persist with Shubman Gill as an opener and drop KL Rahul down the order in test cricket."