Rahul Tewatia posted an emotional tweet after missing out on the Indian squad selected for the two-match T20I series in Ireland later this month. He wrote, ‘Expectations have been hurt.’ His tweet took social media by storm. The Gujarat Titans all-rounder has had a very good IPL 2022. Gujarat Titans won at least a couple of matches on his own.
However, the selectors largely decided to keep the same players who are currently playing in the T20 series against South Africa. Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer have not been selected as both of them are part of the Indian team selected for the one-off Test in England.
Hours after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the 17-man T20 squad for the Ireland tour, Rahul Tewatia tweeted, “Expectations hurt.” After this, Rahul Tewatia got a lot of support from the fans. Many people wished him the best and said that he will soon be seen playing in the Indian team.
Many people also called him the match finisher after Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Someone even compared his tweet to Ambati Rayudu’s in 2019. Rayudu then tweeted about not being selected in the World Cup team and preferring Vijay Shankar over himself, saying, have just ordered a 3D glasses to watch the World Cup.
Expectations hurts ??
— Rahul Tewatia (@rahultewtia02) June 15, 2022
Left-handed attacking batsman Rahul Teotia is also a leg-spin bowler. He scored 217 runs in 16 matches in IPL 2022 at a strike rate of 147.62. Tewatia played many useful innings for Gujarat Titans. However, his innings against Punjab Kings was beyond imagination. When Gujarat needed 12 runs from 2 balls to win, they hit Punjab Kings fast bowler Odion Smith for two consecutive sixes to give the team a 6-wicket victory.
Rahul Tewatia’s incredible innings earned him the tag of ‘Ice Man’ from none other than the legendary Sunil Gavaskar. Sunil Gavaskar, the former captain of the Indian cricket team, had said, ‘I call him ‘Ice Man’ because he does not panic at all when he is at the crease.’
Gavaskar had said, ‘He knows the ball. He knows which shot to play. He has prepared in his mind that if the ball falls here, he has to play this shot and always hits a six. The reason why he is the Ice Man is because he is not intimidated by the situation.