Well, Virat Kohli has always been on the headlines for obvious reasons. Though most of them because of breaking the records but this time, it is for another reason, as he once again showed his wrong side on the field against Kings XI Punjab at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The crowd hasn’t liked his send-off to Ravichandran Ashwin.
The incident took place in the final over of the match when Ravichandran Ashwin was dismissed to Umesh Yadav after whacking a six off the first ball. Virat Kohli, who caught the ball at the long-on region has given him a heated send-off, which didn’t go down well with the Twitter users.
Well, Ravichandran Ashwin played down by calling that the skipper of RCB and himself plays the game passionately. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli hasn’t responded anything on it, as he wants to enjoy the victory, which is their 3rd on a row.
Virat Kohli-led side won the match:
Coming to the match, initially, it was Kings XI Punjab bowlers, who were on top of the game. However, the steady partnership from AB de Villiers and Marcus Stoinis changed the complexion of the game.
AB de Villiers, in particular, was exceptional in the middle, He whacked KXIP bowlers to all corners of the park to help Bangalore score a massive tally on the board. He was well supported by Stoinis, who also showed his charisma with the bat in the death overs.
Chasing a total of 203 to win, KXIP had a good start, and, were ahead in the game for a brief moment. But they lost out on the key moments, something which has been his team’s Achilles heel in their last few games in IPL 2019 so far. However, it was one tough pill for Punjab to swallow.
In both fixtures, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the game comfortably. At Punjab home venue, RCB chased it down while in their venue, they defended the tally successfully.
Here are a few tweets:
Did you watch yesterday’s match between Punjab and Bangalore.
Virat kohli took catch of R.Ashwin and after then that weird reaction of Virat kohli.
He is great as a batsman , bt failed as an Individual. Cricket is game of Gentlemen .#ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/EPu3kaDteI— RJ Rahul (@RJ_Rahul_Manhas) April 25, 2019
@imVkohli you may be a great batsman but these behaviors shows your immaturity as a captain… What you did yesterday after taking @ashwinravi99 wicket…. pic.twitter.com/JtfWSDHf8P
— Naren Vishwa (@narenvishwa_nv) April 25, 2019
#RCBvKXIP @imVkohli @ashwinravi99 kohli reaction after catch of ashwin i m feeling shame that @imVkohli representing our indian cricket team.. brainless person he really need a mental doctor
— Ashutosh vashistha (@vashisthvachan) April 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/shashankuniya20/status/1121124426097889280
This is an act of shame by the Indian cricket team captain Mr. Virat Kohli. Ashwin is an important member of @Bcci and he deserves every bit of respect. #RcbvKxip #kxipvrcb
— Manik Lamba (@imaniklamba) April 24, 2019
Virat Kohli on field behavior disgraceful why is he giving such a send-off to Ashwin after loosing 7 games almost in a row learn from Ms Dhoni and Rohit Sharma
— Timorous Enigma (@enigma_timorous) April 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/RohitianWorld/status/1121306554181902336
https://twitter.com/nitin567567/status/1121322643452383232
After the reaction of gorrilla @imVkohli I will not support @RCBTweets & @imVkohli until @imVkohli apllogies to @ashwinravi99
— Anant kumar Rai (@imanantkumar12) April 24, 2019
I lost all respect for @imVkohli.. I wish he could do the same when lost to B team of Australia in one day series that too in home condition.. Shame on this guy @imVkohli
— Amit (@peace_amit_love) April 25, 2019
Another worst behavior?…just sledging Ashwin for the act of mankading but why u guyz didn't done the same while he used mankading act for India before…
not a virat fan anymore #rcb #ViratKohli #VIVOIPL #Kohli #kohlihater #RCBvKXIP pic.twitter.com/RqsltDUGQ5— varshini03 (@varsh_03) April 25, 2019
Well done Kohli sir….but I have a question is it the right way to sendoff u r fellow teammate (for India) R. Ashwin in the way he mankaded Jos Butler…..
— Anil Kadari (@ursNani23) April 25, 2019
@IPL @StarSportsIndia @imVkohli U r the best batsman in the world. Aggression is a part of the gamebut the way u celebrated after ashwin wicket we can say it over reaction or a revenge type.A very immature action by a great player like u.Need to improve.#IPL #RCBvKXIP #Kohli
— Krishna vyas (@krishna_vyas1) April 25, 2019
Earlier it was @GautamGambhir vs @msdhoni Now it was @imVkohli vs @ashwinravi99.. Does Nepotism ruling players out of Indian team or its jus their out of form play. Yesterdays incident doesn't seem to be made out of passion towards sport. Clear picture of Bitterness!!
— Prathyush (@prathyu127) April 25, 2019