Several fans criticised Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir after Harshit Rana was preferred over Arshdeep Singh in the first T20I against Australia in Canberra. "India's highest wicket-taker in T20Is...Arshdeep isn't playing...wow...man unreal politics," one fan wrote. "Gambhir is ruining Arshdeep Singh's career by benching him for no reason," read another comment.