Indian captain Virat Kohli has found himself in the spotlight because of his disappointing performances lately. His poor form continued in the ongoing tour of England as well, with his latest failure in the first innings of the 3rd Test match at Headingley at Leeds.
So far, the Indian skipper hasn’t scored a fifty in the 1st two Test matches of the ongoing 5-match Test series and has resulted in questions being raised over his ability to score big for his side. While fans were waiting exceptionally for the clash between James Anderson and Virat Kohli, however, this time it was Anderson who got better of the Indian skipper.
Having bowled a couple of outswingers, James Anderson went for one full outside the off-stump and managed to lure the Indian skipper into a false shot. Virat played a very loose-looking shot and was eventually dismissed by Anderson.
Meanwhile, a journalist has found himself at the receiving end of criticism for posting an insulting tweet against Virat Kohli. Daniel Alexander, who is a journalist from Sri Lanka, is known for insulting the Indian cricketers in order to appease his followers from Sri Lanka and Pakistan. On Friday, he was at it again as he trolled the Indian skipper by comparing him with Pakistan’s batsman Babar Azam.
He took to his Twitter and took a dig at the Indian cricket team after they got bundled up for only 78 runs. In his Tweet, he also reminded everyone of India’s other lowest scoring total against Australia, where they all were dismissed for 36 runs. He wrote:
“Watched day 1 highlights while having English breakfast, cost me only 78 Indian rupees. (There is also an Australian steak dinner offer for just 36 Indian rupees). #Cricket #ENGv78”
Here, check out the Tweet:
Watched day 1 highlights while having English breakfast, cost me only 78 Indian rupees. (There is also an Australian steak dinner offer for just 36 Indian rupees). #Cricket #ENGv78
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) August 26, 2021
In another Tweet, Daniel Alexander took another dig at the Indian skipper for getting dismissed cheaply during India’s first innings of the 3rd Test match. Trolling the Indian skipper, Daniel wrote that Virat scored 7 runs to pay his tribute to Pakistan’s cricketer Babar Azam, who climbed at No.7 in the Test rankings. He wrote:
“Kohli got out for 7 as a tribute to Asia’s best all format batsman Babar Azam climbing to No.7 in Test rankings (ODI 1, T20I 2, Test 7). Also Kohli went without scoring a century in 50 consecutive Int’l inns as tribute to Babar scoring 50-plus Int’l scores consistently. #Cricket”
Here, check out the Tweet:
Kohli got out for 7 as a tribute to Asia’s best all format batsman Babar Azam climbing to No.7 in Test rankings (ODI 1, T20I 2, Test 7). Also Kohli went without scoring a century in 50 consecutive Int’l inns as tribute to Babar scoring 50-plus Int’l scores consistently. #Cricket
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) August 25, 2021
The Tweet didn’t go down well with the fans, who are now trolling him left, right, and center for insulting Kohli yet again.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
You fear to even open your comment section ? and criticising Kohli don’t even understand why Twitter gave u a verification tick waste fellow dog ? https://t.co/rUPLmfE1bE
— Ragul18 (@Ragul184) August 26, 2021
@daniel86cricket Boot licker is back with his fack**ng stats .. #rip https://t.co/ImA1CAwO77
— Shikus_225 (@Shikus_225) August 26, 2021
Best all format batsmen @babarazam258 ?? @daniel86cricket beilive me even if he would play for 50 years he will never be able to match the level of @imVkohli. @daniel86cricket what cricketing knowledge do you have ?? https://t.co/mrC4PgIoln
— Piyush Kumar (@Piyushkr045) August 26, 2021
https://twitter.com/MinnowBasher/status/1430779746862833667?s=20
India’s 78 is a tribute to Asia’s best all format batsman Babar Azam climbing to No.7 & Asia’s best all format bowler Shaheen Shah climbing to No.8 in test rankings https://t.co/4rWZoIV2FY
— Zeeshan (@kh_zeeshanasif) August 26, 2021
Thts what a hater looks like fellas. Ain’t gonna say much but have fun chirping around untill the King returns. And when he does make sure to shove ur tweets up ur as* https://t.co/hZkjImAIDN
— Savio Anthony (@SavioAnthony17) August 26, 2021
Kholi is better than all the cricketers …..including you..?????????? https://t.co/be9Na6ySSm
— Abinesh R ABD (@AbineshRABD1) August 26, 2021
Greatest windup artist ever and I fully endorse this agenda. https://t.co/9iBCSj2XbG
— Ōsama bin Laden Ranking (@MarginalS4th) August 25, 2021
Koi sense hai is baat ki?? I can’t understand those Indians who take this clown serious ? https://t.co/zmKyyEWx8p
— Daffodils ? (@kuriousLearner) August 25, 2021
Man The Day Virat kohli comes back in Form I’m gonna give You A mouth Shutting.Reply Watch Out For it Tik Tok Tik Tok ! https://t.co/XQPh6KWMDn
— Faiz Qureshi (@FaizQur80560998) August 25, 2021