The Asian Games 2023 is all set to take place in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China, from 23 September to 8 October. The Men’s cricket event is going to take place in a 20-20 format and for that, on 14 July, the Indian Cricket Board announced the Team India squad. Ruturaj Gaikwad was named as the skipper.
But, fans were in shock not to see Nitish Rana getting a place in the squad. Rana had a decent IPL 2023 as he led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the absence of Shreyas Iyer. KKR finished in the seventh position while Rana scored 413 runs in 14 matches, at an average of 31.77. Now, after this snub, his wife, Saachi Marwah came up with a cryptic tweet and regarding that fans shared their views also.
Here is the shared tweet:
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— saachi marwah (@MarwahSaachi) July 14, 2023
Nitish Rana last played for Team India in July 2021
Speaking of the tweet, it reads: “You either get bitter, or you get better. It’s that simple. You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or allow it to tear you down. The choice belongs to you.” It seemed that the KKR skipper’s wife took an indirect jab at the Board after ignoring her husband once again.
Speaking of Rana, he last played for Team India in July 2021. As of now, he has played one ODI and two T20Is. In the only ODI against Sri Lanka, he scored just seven runs. While in two T20Is, he accumulated only 15 runs. But, in IPL, he has played 105 matches so far.
Team India (Senior Men) squad for 19th Asian Games: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dube, Prabhsimran Singh (wk)
Standby list of players: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudarsan
Here is how fans have reacted to the tweet:
We all KKR fans are behind Nitish bhaiyya. We know what he is capable of. Good things happen to good people eventually. Praying for the day when Nitish bhaiyya gets back to ICT
— Sourik (@Sourik016) July 14, 2023
Hi sachi I'm a KKR fan but Trust me Rana is not that Guy 😭
— naym 🇵🇸 (@GillSznn) July 14, 2023
Bhabhi ji gussa hai
— Tyson (@tyson_cr7) July 15, 2023
Nitish deserved a chance this time 💔 i hope we get to see in 🇮🇳 colours asap 💜 stay strong ❤️
— kkr4ever (@_kkr4ever_) July 14, 2023
@ShubmanGill tea time par phone 👀
— Gagan Arora (@Gaganarora1018) July 14, 2023
Take care of nitish sir.. 💔💔
— Zameer Rizvi (@zameerrizvi49) July 14, 2023
he is gonna comeback
— Sairus (@bojackchan_4) July 14, 2023
Time Will Come Soon 🥹❤️
— 𝗸𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝟰𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 (@KnightRidersfam) July 14, 2023
Hum sb aapke saath hai @NitishRana_27 💜 @MarwahSaachi