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Asia Cup 2018: What was Rohit Sharma thinking? Twitter outraged after Khaleel Ahmed dropped for India-Pak match

Twitter was abuzz with rage after Khaleel Ahmed, the hero of the first ODI between India and Hong Kong in Dubai.

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Twitter was abuzz with rage after Khaleel Ahmed, the hero of the first ODI between India and Hong Kong in Dubai.

Khaleel took three wickets under five runs, and impressed many with pace and bounce.

However, India opted to play Hardik Pandya, who in his last outing against Pakistan, scored a well-made 50 in the ICC Champions' Trophy final even as wickets constantly tumbled on the other end.

However, since then Pandya may have impressed, but his weaknesses have also been exposed. Khaleel Ahmed on the other hand is a new face, and Pakistan would have been surprised had India selected him. For a game like this, it would have been ideal if India had picked him, just for the surprise element and for the fact that Pandya's batting isn't as consistent as we'd like it to be.

People on Twitter didn't take too kindly to Ahmed's dropping.

Here's what people had to say.

However, there are those who will also attributing Ahmed's axing to India's bench strength, which has been something to boast about at least in the shorter format of the game. There are several players waiting for a chance to prove they deserve to be part of the Playing XI, and this has made the competition healthy for the past few years. 

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