The absence of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the Indian group for the 2nd ODI left many baffled. Because the hunt for the proper group mixture for the forthcoming ODI World Cup continues, the truth that the Indian group administration determined to relaxation the 2 senior-most gamers — Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma — did not go down properly with many followers and specialists. To make the issues worse, India misplaced the match to West Indies after solely managing to place 181 runs on the board. Seeing the Indian group wrestle on Saturday, followers began to focus on head coach Rahul Dravid on Twitter.

India’s below-par present within the match noticed many query the group’s preparation plans for the World Cup. Because the No. 4 spot continues to stay a fear for the group, the truth that the group administration, together with coach Dravid, are making wayward adjustments with the group, left many followers baffled.

In reality, #SackDravid began to development on social media as followers began to anticipate one other failure at an ICC occasion.

This is how followers expressed their disappointment, blaming Dravid:

Rahul Dravid as a coach :

– misplaced 2021 T20 wc
– misplaced odi collection in opposition to ban
– misplaced check collection in opposition to sa
– misplaced odi collection in opposition to sa
– misplaced asia cup
– misplaced 2022 T20 wc
– misplaced ODIs collection in opposition to aus
– misplaced WTC ultimate

Dotvid destroy ICT #sackdravid pic.twitter.com/K9kfilmV9I

— Saurav (@saurav_viratian) July 29, 2023

The way forward for Indian group seems nothing with out Rohit sharma and Virat Kohli ..#INDvsWI #WIvIND #IndianCricket #SackDravid #BCCI pic.twitter.com/47UEW7cL0d

— Ujjwal (@Ujjwal_9792) July 30, 2023

Cricket out of context #sackdravid #WIvsIND #Ashes2023 pic.twitter.com/VibnNTBLuL

— Sir Donway (@divonconvey) July 29, 2023

With out Rohit And Virat,the Indian Group Misplaced The 2nd ODI In opposition to The
West Indies #INDvsWI #SackDravid #SanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/CGgKbT4i8X

— Atharva Prashant Hule (@Atharv_Hule_03) July 30, 2023

Dravid, explaining the rationale behind Rohit, Kohli’s absence from the second ODI group, mentioned that taking part in the veteran duo wouldn’t have given the group ‘solutions’.

“We are going to at all times look into the larger image and we can’t take into consideration each single recreation and collection. Within the collection like this, with solely two-three matches to go earlier than the world cup and Asia cup, taking part in Virat and Rohit wouldn’t have given us solutions,” Dravid mentioned after the match.

“We’re not too anxious about others opinions, these are the proficient boys from our nation, all of them have carried out and are available right here. It’s as much as them to take the chance when they’re given the chance. We had been little dissatisfied towards, we knew it was a tough wicket and never a straightforward wicket to bat on however we would have liked to by some means get to 230-240 that would have been an excellent rating. We misplaced wickets within the center and had been 50-60 run brief,” he additional defined.