'This man will cost us World Cup' - Fans lash out at Harshal Patel for his expensive spell in warm-up match

Indian team played the warm-up match against Western Australia ahead of the commencement of the main stage of the 20-20 World Cup 2022. Suryakumar Yadav shone for India whereas the players like Harshal Patel also emerged as a big concern for team India ahead of the marquee tournament. Harshal ended up as the most expensive bowler for the Indian team.

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Indian cricket fans were very unhappy with the performance of Harshal Patel and they also slammed the Indian selectors for picking him in the squad of the 20-20 World Cup 2022 ahead of Deepak Chahar. They took to Twitter for expressing their angst on the performance of the Gujarat speedster.

Here’s how fans reacted to Harshal Patel’s performance:

Fraud ipl star Harshal Patel
this man will cost us world cup

— A@@kit (@D69997625Munir) October 10, 2022

Harshal Patel stats since his comeback :-
Overs - 16
Runs given - 170
Economy - 10.62
Wickets - 3

Deepak Chahar since his comeback :-
Overs - 8
Runs given - 48
Economy - 6.00
Wickets - 2

But one is our premier bowler for the WC and other is just in backup squad🙃🙃 @BCCI pic.twitter.com/NM7uTpXygc

— Yash (@I_mYash183) October 3, 2022

And Run machine Harshal Patel almost scored half century (4-0-49-1) against Western Australia..#Indian selectors have truly found a gem of a bowler..🏏#TeamIndia #WarmUpMatch #T20WC2022 https://t.co/BbulvdbUZC

— সরকার देबमाल्या (@AgartalaBabu) October 10, 2022

Harshal Patel is the biggest fraud of this century period

— ex. capt (@thephukdi) October 10, 2022

Harshal Patel is very very ordinary bowler .... Keep him in ipl ... Don't select him in international games

— Suryasuryaslayit (@su13672388) October 10, 2022

Covered up Harshal Patel Stats 😭😭😭🤣 https://t.co/tB2nmZtFQb

— 🧘‍♂ (@the_urban_fight) October 10, 2022

Most runs conceded in a calendar year in T20Is:
650 - Harshal Patel 🇮🇳 in 2022
637 - Haris Rauf🇵🇰 in 2021
599 - Shaheen Afridi🇵🇰 in 2021
587 - Andrew Tye🇦🇺 in 2018

Harshal's economy of 9.39 so far this year, is the highest among top-30 bowlers of this list.#INDvSA

— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) October 5, 2022

Other than Harshal Patel, star Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was also on the receiving end of harsh criticism from Indian cricket fans. It all happened due to his poor display of batting in the warm-up match against Western Australia. He could score only nine runs off 16 balls.

Amidst these poor performances, star Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav smashed a brilliant knock of 52 runs off 35 balls. Whereas Arshdeep Singh, while defending the target, scalped three wickets after conceding only six runs in three overs with a maiden to his name.

Coming back to Harshal’s performance, it performance might be a big concern for the men in blue in the main round of the 20-20 World Cup 2022. Earlier, in a series of setbacks, senior pacer Jasprit Bumrah and veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja have been ruled out of the eighth edition of the 20-20 World Cup.

They sustained injuries in the back and the knee respectively. Indian hopes rely on the young pacer like Arshdeep Singh and star batting sensation Suryakumar Yadav. Rohit Sharma’s men will start their campaign in the tournament against the arch-rivals on the 23^rd of October next week at MCG in Melbourne.