Star Indian pace duo Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah have returned to the One Day International team for the last three ODIs against West Indies as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced the 15-member squad for the remaining three matches. Mohammed Shami does not find place in the 15-member squad, while Umesh Yadav has retained his spot.

Announcement: #TeamIndia for last three ODIs against Windies announced. Jasprit Bumrah & Bhuvneshwar Kumar are back in the side #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/jzuJw4Sana

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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 25, 2018

Moments after BCCI announced the squad, Twitterati slammed the national selectors for dropping Shami but retaining Umesh Yadav.

Why in the hell is shami dropped???
Seriously!!!!!

— Navdeep Singh (@navi0815) October 25, 2018

Kya selection h umesh yadav ko bahr krna tha shami.ko.bahr kr diya

— Nilesh Ghodela (@neil_Ghodela_28) October 25, 2018

Dono ko rakhte team me ……zyada se zyada haar hi jate…lekin atleast second string bowling lineup ka pata toh chalta….

— Navdeep Singh (@navi0815) October 25, 2018

umesh yadav ko kis khushi me retain kiya…match tie krane ki

— SHARIQ MUNIR (@SHARIQSAM) October 25, 2018

Surprised that shami has been left out n umesh is still there

— Fahad khan (@fahad97khan) October 25, 2018

Where is shami he was far better than umesh yadav in the last match 🤔

— Sagar Dutt (@Sagar2612) October 25, 2018

Good that Bhuvi and Bumrah is back into team lekin Umesh Yadav abhi bhi team me kya kar raha hai?

And why the hell Shami is dropped?
He did better than Umesh yesterday 🤒🤒🤒

Maybe Umesh is getting a birthday gift from BCCI today 😒
https://t.co/OEEIqHdi0J

— Aparna (@Aparna10__) October 25, 2018

Both Umesh and Shami were expensive for India in the first two ODIs, as the home team conceded 322 and 321 runs in the first and second ODI, respectively.

In the first ODI, Shami gave away 81 runs and bagged two wickets in his allotted 10 overs and in the next he took one wicket and conceded 59 runs.

On the other hand, Umesh Yadav conceded 64 runs in the 1st ODI and remained wicketless at Guwahati. In the second ODI, Umesh took one wicket and leaked 78 runs at Visakhapatnam.

India squad:

Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey.