oval: Responding to Australia’s first innings score of 469 in the World Test Championship final, India are reeling at 151-5 at the end of the second day. India’s last hope lies in Ajinkya Rahane with 29 runs and Srikar Bharat tops with five runs. India’s unexpected collapse by the top batsmen was once again disappointing.
Captain Rohit Sharma started the collapse of the batting. Gill and Pujara fell after Rohit returned after being trapped in front of the wicket by Cummins. But when Virat Kohli was expected to lead India along with Ajinkya Rahane, Kohli was also caught by Steve Smith when he slipped on Mitchell Starc’s ball which bounced unexpectedly.
Although it was impossible to play the ball when Kohli came out, Kohli, who went to the dressing room and took food on his plate after he was dismissed, has been heavily criticized in the social media. Fans have criticized the TV footage of Kohli enjoying his meal and Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan and batting coach Vikram Rathore standing around joking.
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Fans ask that Sachin, who said he did not even eat for three days after he was knocked out in the 2003 World Cup final, cannot expect any sincerity from Kohli, who only aims to make money. But Kohli’s fans point out that Kohli’s fans should not criticize only Kohli and Rohit Sharma eating fruit when Kohli led India to victory against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup.
The fans point out that even the disappointment seen when Bangalore was eliminated without reaching the playoffs in the IPL was not on Kohli’s face when he came out to the dressing room yesterday.
They literally have no shame left as it is called chokli and Mr. Flat pitch master eating food with laughter 😓
Eat and drink and enjoy CTG
Remember that Virat Kohli is panuti for finals 🤡 pic.twitter.com/Q081GbQdfQ
– Anjali (@Anjali_klr)
Here’s Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill chilling and laughing after throwing away their wickets and leaving India in trouble in the Final of the ICC tournament but somehow their fans will blame IPL for their poor performances where they clearly don’t care much about the Indian cricket team pic.twitter.com/Y5SaXRt4dh
— Y. (@CSKYash_)
‘If this was Rohit…’: Social media explodes after Virat Kohli was caught on camera ‘eating’ after losing a wicket in WTC final https://t.co/08VWGgeFUJ pic.twitter.com/q3KQN6PATC
— Sports Tak (@sports_tak)
Virat Kohli’s seriousness for IPL vs India pic.twitter.com/4CKM9LK80K
— Ctrl C Ctrl Memes (@Ctrlmemes_)
Never compare great Sachin Tendulkar with money makers like Virat Kohli pic.twitter.com/ML58p3jdxc
— Ctrl C Ctrl Memes (@Ctrlmemes_)
No one had a problem when Rohit Sharma was eating bananas in 10 times the weight of the WTC final, sitting in a dugout, after scoring 4(8) and seeing Virat Kohli chasing the impossible.
These people are trolling Kohli who takes some meal after fielding all day. pic.twitter.com/r2J8173xdw
— Shaurya (@Kohli_Dewotee)
In the final I don’t want to eat food in chokli..
sbse jyda bhuka janwar ye kohli hai bs rohit ke 6s pack nahi isle trolled hota hai
how about this 🤡 kohli who plays for food and ipl
for him to play in ipl> play for india pic.twitter.com/OXNaIEhpL6
– Neha. (@ImNeha45)
When India was almost in a lost state in the World Cup match against their arch rivals Pakistan, at that time this genda was eating a banana no one was talking about this but now when Virat Kohli was eating his meal everyone is having a problem with that. pic.twitter.com/IZFDUJsP7r
— Aarav (@sigma__male_)
give me a level track
give me chinnaswamj
Give me dead rubber
Give me a minnow team
Otherwise I’m done pic.twitter.com/xEkR3gNmao
— KL Rahul 👑 (@klRahul__1)
Last updated on June 9, 2023, 8:24 AM IST
