Fans of former India captain Virat Kohli weren’t impressed with England Cricket’s Instagram publish that was seemingly a cheeky dig on the batting star. England defeated India within the rescheduled fifth Test by 7 wickets after scripting a document chase of 378 within the last innings as they leveled the 5-match sequence 2-2.
England Cricket posted two photographs of the well-known Virat Kohli-Jonny Bairstow sledge fest from the fifth Test in Birmingham. One of them was Kohli having a go at Bairstow on Day 3 of the hard-fought Test and the opposite from the ultimate day whereby Kohli was seen embracing the England batter and congratulating him for his match-winning twin a whole bunch.
England posted the 2 pictures on Instagram with a ‘zipper-mouth’ emoji and the publish didn’t go down effectively with India cricket followers.
“The comeback will always be stronger than the setback. Be ready, England,” mentioned one of many followers, commenting on the publish.
“Imagine posting such content after leveling a series at home,” one other fan wrote, taking a dig at England.
“Trolling King Kohli? Huh? His success is greater than anyone in the world,” one other fan wrote.
Screengrab from England Cricket Instagram
Notably, England’s official fan group, The Barmy Army additionally confronted the wrath of the Indian followers after their dig at Kohli over the Bairstow sledging episode.
Bairstow has scored extra runs within the final 25 days than Kohli has within the final 18 months.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/RJ6QWAJFxL
— Jonny Bairstow’s Barmy Army (@TheBarmyArmy) July 5, 2022
Notably, Kohli seemingly riled up Bairstow, who was batting with a stike price of simply 21 up till that time in England’s first innings. The England batter went on to hit 100 within the first innings and adopted it up with one other hundred within the second as he and Joe Root stitched a 269-run unbeaten stand on Day 5 to assist England chased down 378 with 7 wickets to spare.
Talking concerning the heated trade on the sphere, Bairstow had burdened that there was “literally nothing” between him and Kohli.
“Refused to invite him for dinner,” Bairstow jokingly mentioned.
“As I mentioned earlier, there was literally nothing. We’ve been fortunate to play against each other for ten years. So, I’m pretty sure we’ll be able to have dinner. Don’t worry about it.”
