Rishabh Pant should try umpiring to get on the field: Twitter slams Virat Kohli for not picking youngster

West Indies won the toss and asked India to bowl first in the crucial fourth ODI of the five-match series at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Sunday.

As far as the Playing XI was concerned, India made three changes. Dinesh Karthik had been roped in place of Yuvraj Singh, who is currently nursing a hamstring niggle. Jadeja came at the expense of Ravichandran Ashwin, while Mohammed Shami played his first ODI since the 2015 World Cup.

The big talking point, however, was the exclusion of Rishabh Pant. With India in a position from where they can't lose the series, fans were hoping to get a glimpse of the youngster's prowess on Sunday. Leaving a future prospect like Pant out for someone like Karthik didn't go down well with fans.

Here are some of the reactions:

India has by gone by the book in picking Dinesh Karthik ahead of Rishabh Pant. He was selected first, so plays first.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 2, 2017

Maybe Virat Kohli mistook Rishabh Pant for social media and hence staying away from him. #okbye #WIvIND

— Nikhil  (@CricCrazyNIKS) July 1, 2017

Trying to figure out why Rishabh Pant is yet to make his ODI debut. #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/fPwCqU0A8P

— Nikhil  (@CricCrazyNIKS) June 30, 2017

Rishabh Pant should try umpiring. I think he will get a match there before as a batsman in ODIs. #INDvWI

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) July 2, 2017

Karthik, Jadeja, Shami in. Still no Rishabh Pant. Why was he even taken on the trip? The most exciting prospect sits on the bench #WIvIND

— jaideep 18 (@Jaideep_18) July 2, 2017

No Pant for India is mental. How does he not play in this game?#WIvInd

— Robbie B (@cricketpunting) July 2, 2017

Still no Rishabh Pant. This is getting ridiculous. #WIvIND

— Ajit Vijaykumar (@ajvk1984) July 2, 2017

no rishabh pant today,what's wrong with u man @imVkohli why r u not giving youngsters chance.@vikrantgupta73

— Swapnil (@swapnilm36) July 2, 2017

Jadeja & Karthik?? Seriously??. Where the hell is Rishabh Pant??. Guess he was put in squad just to serve drinks during d game. #WIvIND

— Tweeter (@tweeter_04) July 2, 2017

Going in to the match, the Virat Kohli-led side aimed to clinch the ODI series after registering back-to-back resounding victories of 105 and 93 runs in the second and third ODIs respectively. Below-par West Indies, on the other hand, faced a do-or-die situation as they had a last chance to keep themselves alive in the series.

India Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli (captain), Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami. 

West Indies Playing XI: Evin Lewis, Kyle Hope, Shai Hope, Jason Mohammed, Rahul Chase, Kieran Powell, Jason Holder, Ashley Nurse, Devendra Bishoo, Alzarri Joseph, Kesrick Williams.

(Inputs from ANI)