Indian T20 squad without Raina like hostel without Internet: Twitter expresses shock at cricketer's ouster

Suresh Raina was on Wednesday dropped from the BCCI contracts list even as uncapped pacer Shardul Thakur was honoured with a Grade C contract.

The Committee of Administrators (COA) of the Indian cricket board had met to decide on the Annual Player Contracts for the period ending September 30 2017.

As expected, Test stars Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja and Murali Vijay were elevated to top rung, but the absence of Raina from any of the contracts came as a shock to many of his fans.

The 30-year-old recently made his comeback to the team and played in the T20I series against England. He was later named the captain of the Uttar Pradesh team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, but didn't participate in the domestic 50-over tournament.

BCCI did not renew Suresh Raina's contract. End of Dhoni's captaincy probably resulted into end of Raina's contract.

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) March 23, 2017

Indian T20 squad without Suresh Raina will be like an Engineering hostel without Internet.#original

— arvind farziwal (@golgappewala) March 23, 2017

BCCI did not renew Suresh Raina's contract. End of Dhoni's captaincy probably resulted into end of Raina's contract.

— Virendra sehwag (@virendra_sehwg) March 23, 2017

@ImRaina surprise omission from centrally contracted players. Has something to prove in the IPL

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) March 22, 2017