Former India and Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli is having a torrid time with the bat in the ongoing IPL 2022. After 7 innings, Kohli has scored 119 runs at an average of 19.83 – his worst average in an IPL season since 2009.
Only twice in 7 matches has Virat Kohli scored more than 12 runs; in his last knock, versus Lucknow Super Giants, the talisman RCB batter was dismissed for a golden duck! Kohli’s average of 19 is only better than young opener Anuj Rawat’s 18 among RCB batters who have batted in at least 4 innings this season.
The 33-year-old is getting heavily trolled and criticised on social media, and rightly so, for his disappointing show with the bat for RCB this year. However, shamefully, a certain section of netizens are also blaming Kohli’s wife, Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma, for the cricketer’s dip in form.
These small-minded people have long been after Anushka, not leaving any failure of Kohli to criticise the actress.
Here are some of the pathetic tweets from people who believe marrying to Anushka has brought misfortune for Kohli in the field:
RCB #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/gUG5I6GShi
— Ankit 3.0 (@Nostalgic547) April 19, 2022
Winning all ICC Awards in a Year to being reduced to a JOKE, @imVkohli has come a long way!!! And, the reason obviously being this woman in his life..
Sed 🙁#ViratKohli #AnushkaSharma pic.twitter.com/2tKsrUL4Ux— პრამოდი
(@divineyog) April 21, 2022
(@divineyog) #Anushkasharma she is the reason behind everyone’s performance decline.
— SRK’s Army (@SRKsArmy2) April 20, 2022
Anushka bhabhi https://t.co/JHp4qztPwC
— Wanna Be Philanthropist (@DiptisCharan) April 21, 2022
I think for his wedding #ViratKohli https://t.co/R5bvN0RPkX
— U_Know_Me (@s04211164) April 21, 2022
One wrong decision is enough to lead you to the downfall. pic.twitter.com/SsylHMlw3W
— Moana (@ladynationalist) April 19, 2022
But, thankfully, there were several sensible fans on social media who called out for such a ‘cheap mindset’ of these trolls.
Here are Kohli fans retaliating to the trollers who made derogatory remarks towards the cricketer’s wife.
Blame athletes if you see a dip in their performances. Gutter tier mentality is dragging in their wives and families unnecessarily into it.
— tanya // ee sala cup namde #rcb (@tanyamidhaaaa) April 20, 2022
audacity of dragging anushka n ritika for their husbands bad performances. stop portraying this two grown up men as kids ffs. this society never fails to disappoint me lol. https://t.co/aVqYeAOkcS
— s.
/ily kohli
(@iamautumnspark) U fail in exam , it’s ur parents fault.??? Anu too haven’t given hits recently doesn’t mean it virats fault. Like stfu https://t.co/O6dqzPeBwu
— . (@kittykatkityy) April 21, 2022
this is just one tweet, for some reason people always talk shit about actresses here and it’s disgusting, https://t.co/GBmpfApXF2
— 𝘾𝙃𝙍𝙊𝙈𝘼𝙏𝙄𝘾𝘼 𝙃𝙊𝙀 (@dreamdoll29) April 21, 2022
I personally don’t like either of them but it really is sad how everyone puts the blame on Anushka whenever anything goes wrong. Reflects the sick mindset of putting the blame on the woman because it’s convenient. https://t.co/aVkT9fytIb
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(@divyanidutt9) It showed their cheap mindset. Pathetic
— Nikhil⁷ ♤ (@vibesbynikhil) April 21, 2022
So true, his 2017 and 2018 form was his peak https://t.co/7lPEXwDJbb
— eb (@ebxmadrid) April 21, 2022
Virat was in God mode after the marriage up until 2020. Stop this nonsense https://t.co/94gYn3edK2
— Ashvin (@gotta__chill) April 21, 2022
Let’s also note the fact that it’s a female talking down on another female.
And even if all of his downfall happened while they got married , speaks nothing of Anushka.— TinaK1235 (@K1235Tina) April 20, 2022
Kohli in 2018 right after he got married avg 133 in ODIs at a SR of 102 and had a test match batting avg of 54 in 2018 so this criticism is not only unjust but also factually incorrect https://t.co/nZ656fmbHB
— Adnan Shahid (@QalandariGooner) April 20, 2022
#AnushkaSharma is the biggest strength of #ViratKohli … .. https://t.co/n13MfFXf0Q
— 𝓣𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓱𝓾𝓿𝓪𝓷 (@dabang_0) April 20, 2022
Speaking about RCB, despite Kohli not being at his dominating best, RCB have found a way to win games, with Dinesh Karthik leading the way with the bat. Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Faf du Plessis have also played crucial hands at times.
Their bowling has received a massive boost in the form of Josh Hazlewood and Wanindu Hasaranga as Harshal Patel and Mohammed Siraj have continued their good form from last season.
RCB are safely sitting at the second position in the points table having won 5 of their 7 matches. Once Kohli gets in his groove, they will become a solid title contendor.
