"Worst management" – Fans troll Gujarat Titans for dropping Yash Dayal from starting XI vs PBKS in IPL 2023

Gujarat Titans (GT) dropped pacer Yash Dayal from their starting XI against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the ongoing IPL 2023 on Thursday, April 13. This came after Dayal failed to defend 29 runs in the last over against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at home.

Rinku Singh smashed five consecutive sixes against the speedster to pull off one of the best finishes in the tournament's history.

Interestingly, Yash Dayal didn’t even find a place among the five substitutes for the newly implemented Impact player rule.

Hardik Pandya, who was back to lead the franchise after missing out on the last game, called the defeat against KKR ‘one-in-a-million’. However, he was tight-lipped when asked about the changes, saying it was 'in the paper.'

"Bowling first," Pandya said at the toss. "Just looks like a good wicket, and from whatever I've seen it's good to chase. Was a one-in-a-million defeat. We are the kind of team that takes it with a smile. Played good cricket until that last over. It happens. It's a fresh game. We'll come out and smile, and throw some punches."

"I don't know (any changes?)," he continued. "It's there in the paper.”

Several fans, however, trolled the GT think tank for dropping Yash Dayal from both the starting XI and the subs. One user tweeted:

“Worst management”

Here are some of the other best Twitter reactions:

Yash Dayal's GT opt to bowl against PBKS

Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl against Punjab Kings on Thursday. They included Alzarri Joseph, Rashid Khan, David Miller, and Joshua Little as their four overseas players.

Shikhar Dhawan’s PBKS, on the other hand, picked Kagiso Rabada, Sam Curran, Mathew Short and Bhanuka Rajapaksa as their foreign players.

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Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha (w), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, and Joshua Little.

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (w), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rishi Dhawan and Arshdeep Singh.

Follow the PBKS vs GT live score updates here.