Azharuddin endlessly trolled for tweet on Shreyas Iyer, Shami and India's T20 World Cup team

After suffering a premature exit from the Asia Cup 2022, the Rohit Sharma-led Team India will shift their focus to the upcoming edition of the ICC World T20. On Monday, the Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) announced a star-studded squad of the Rohit-led side for the T20 World Cup 2022. Former Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin revealed that he was surprised at the non-selection of two star performers for the 2022 edition of the ICC World Cup in Australia in October-November this year.

Coming as a huge blow to Team India, veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out of the T20 World Cup due to a knee injury. Senior pacer Jasprit Bumrah and death-bowling specialist Harshal Patel returned to the national squad for the showpiece event after missing the Asia Cup. Veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin pipped youngster Ravi Bishnoi while pacer Avesh Khan failed to retain his place for the T20 World Cup.

Reacting to India's squad announcement for the T20 World Cup, former Indian skipper Azharuddin said that he was 'surprised' to see the names of Mohammed Shami and Shreyas Iyer missing from the 15-man list shared by the apex cricket board on Monday. "Surprised at the omission of Shreyas Iyer and Md. Shami from the main squad," Azhar tweeted.