Cricket News Today, 3rd October 2018: Manjrekar slammed for his tweet, Shaw's debut and more

Whether it's a high-intensity matchday or a dry mid-week of no cricketing action, the game always manages to bring out interesting news for avid followers to consume.

We welcome you, once again, to Sportskeeda's Cricket News Today, a series of daily updates that condenses news from across the world and puts it together for you to enjoy over dinner.

Here are some of the updates ahead of the day:

Prithvi Shaw to debut as India name 12-man squad

Shaw will become the second youngest opener for India

Prithvi Shaw, at 18 years, is all set to become India's second youngest opener ever, after Vijay Mehra in 1955, after he was named in the 12-man squad for the first Test against West Indies at Rajkot.

Having made his first-class debut in the same city early last year, Shaw's meteoric rise in Mumbai cricket has been well-documented and he will make his debut in the opening Test of the two-game series.

"I'm feeling very good, a bit nervous but when I came to the dressing room everyone like, like over here there is no senior or junior Virat bhai and Ravi sir told me and it felt really nice, I was really comfortable," Shaw told the BCCI in an interview.

It was also a breaking of tradition for the Indian team, who announced a 12-man squad for the first time a day ahead of the start of the series.

Sanjay Manjrekar slammed over tweet

Captain Manoj Tiwary defended his team, slamming Manjrekar for his tweets

Out-of-favour Team India batsman Manoj Tiwary, in a series of tweets, lambasted cricket expert Sanjay Manjrekar for tweeting about the controversial Bengal-Jharkhand Vijay Hazare game.

The game could not be completed, and had to be decided via the VJD method, but Manjrekar questioned the bowling team, criticizing Bengal for taking more than four hours to complete their 50 overs.

Tiwary, captain of the Bengal team, shot back at Manjrekar, stating that the game was played with 'utmost honesty', and that there were a number of reasons why the game was delayed.

Wud hav really appreciated if u cud had asked d team management from both d teams by Callin them up over d phone if u really want 2 know d reasons rather than posting in twitter and asking d followers. In my opinion it sends d wrong message 2 d people who follows u Sir.

— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) October 3, 2018

Tussle for tickets leads to venue shift

The second ODI will be played in Vizag

After days of speculation, the venue of the second ODI between India and West Indies was officially shifted from Indore to Visakhapatnam after an issue between the MPCA and BCCI regarding the distribution of complimentary passes.

"The second Paytm ODI to be played between India and Windies will now be held at Visakhapatnam's Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium," the BCCI said in a media statement.

A new rule states that each section of the hosting stadium will have 90% of the tickets available for sale, leaving only 10% for complimentary distribution. This leaves the stadium with 720 seats in the pavilion stand, but the BCCI's demand has been for more than 1200.

"We clarify once again that our intent was always to organise the match and we were forced to land in a situation where the time left henceforth for the match would have resulted in several circumstantial difficulties for which the host Association would have been unfairly held responsible," a statement from the MPCA read, according to ESPNCricinfo.

Shastri explains Kohli's Asia Cup miss

Kohli skipped the 2018 Asia Cup

Virat Kohli is a busy cricketer, one who has been breaking batting records across seasons and handling captaincy with equal dedication, despite tight international schedules. His decision to skip the Asia Cup, and yet play the West Indies series, did not go down too well with a section of the public, as well as experts of the game.

Coach Ravi Shastri has clarified that Kohli needed rest to get rid of mental fatigue:

"Virat needed this rest. Physically he is a bull. You can't give him out of the ground. And the thing with Virat is if he plays, then you know the level of intensity he brings. So it was a case of just mental fatigue, giving him a break, take your mind off cricket and then come back fresh," he was quoted as saying according to Gulf News.

Kohli distances himself from Karun Nair controversy

Karun Nair was not picked for the West Indies series

Captain Virat Kohli has distanced himself from the controversy regarding the lack of communication between the BCCI and ousted batsman Karun Nair, stating that the selectors are doing their jobs and have already spoken about the issue.

"Selection is not my job. As a team, we are doing what we are supposed to. Everyone should be aware of their respective jobs. Selectors have already spoken about it and it is not my place to say. There are selectors doing their job," Kohli said.

"You can conveniently merge everything and make it a circle where everyone is doing their job and not focusing on what people are saying on the outside," he said.

In a recent interview, Karun Nair had revealed that there had been no communication with the selectors regarding his non-selection from the England Tests and exclusion from the West Indies series.

Chief selector MSK Prasad had, however, come out in the open and clarified his stance, saying that he had personally spoken to Nair and that the committee was 'very very clear' about the communication process.