'Excellent team picked' - Reactions to Rohit Sharma-led Indian World Cup squad

Team India named a 15-player contingent that makes a formidable unit for the ODI World Cup 2023 on Tuesday, September 5.

The Indian team management seemed to have gone with a safe 15 for the World Cup, scheduled to happen in India in October-November.

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Twitter reactions on India's ODI World Cup 2023 squad

After the announcement, many cricket pundits took to X (formerly Twitter), expressing their views on how they look at the squad.

Ravi Shastri, former India cricketer, tweeted on the same, terming India as an "excellent" team. 

Excellent team picked. Come on Guys get out there and kick some butt. Win. Lose. Part and Parcel. Bottom line. ENJOY. Respect 🇮🇳 https://t.co/KOlNlVaXDN

— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) September 5, 2023

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin also joined in on the bandwagon and asked the fans to back the team in their attempt to win the trophy.

Go well boys!
Home World Cup is always special and let’s ( all of us ) back them to bring it home🏆🏆 #ICCWorldCup2023 https://t.co/YUyvfXEQ3p

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) September 5, 2023

Swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag came out in the support of Team India.

Team India nahin #TeamBharat.
This World Cup as we cheer for Kohli , Rohit , Bumrah, Jaddu , may we have Bharat in our hearts and the players wear jersey which has “Bharat” @JayShah . https://t.co/LWQjjTB98Z

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) September 5, 2023

Irfan Pathan and Subramaniam Badrinath as well sent their wishes to the team.

Good luck to all the player who got selected for team india for the upcoming World Cup. Go fearless boys 🇮🇳

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) September 5, 2023

Expected team 🙌 Sending out my best wishes to the Men in Blue 🇮🇳 Go well @bcci 🏆 #CWC2023

— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) September 5, 2023

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India's World Cup 2023 squad