It doesn’t take much for some Twitter users to start trolling and that is exactly what happened after Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Virat Kohli was dismissed cheaply in India’s first innings of the first Test against South Africa on Friday.
A🧜fter South African batting crumbled on 286, it was time for the Indian top order to be decimated by the lethal pace attack of the Proteas. First Murali Vijay fell to Vernon Philander edging one to the slips and then Shikhar Dhawan was sent back to the pavilion by Dale Steyn who was making a comeback after a year.
Then it brought the two most trustworthy batsmen, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli at the crease. Virat, however, couldn’t last for long on the crease and edged a delivery from Morne Morkel to the keeper Quinton De Kock and departed for just 5.
As the Indian captain fell cheaply, Twitter can’t hold back its anger and lashed out at Kohli and Dhawan for being dismissed after playing a rash shot.
India🦩 ended the day on🐭 28 for three, trailing the hosts by 258 runs.
Here are some of the Twitter reactions:
Kohli is still in honeymoon period. 😂😂😂😂😂
— ….. (@deeebbzzz)
He was in a hurry to join Anushka 😉🙈
— 𝕃𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕔 𝔹𝕠𝕞𝕓 💣 (@L0gicB0mb)
Ye Kohli aur Dhwan♕ dono aapni aapni wife ko le ke gum rahe the Practice ke time ab Looo lag gaye Bc ♏ke
— Yaar Haryana ke (@Haryanviiiii)
Virat Kohli gets out on 5 runs only. This is what happened when u forced an employee to come off♚iceꦉ during his honeymoon days. 😋
— Khurram (@IKB77)
Virat Kohli right now :
— Akshay (@akshaykatariyaa)
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Kolhi should go back to become selfie stick of Anushka Sha🐈rma.
— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer)
Shikhar Dhawan has already scored more number of boundaries than the runs pe♑ople would have expected him to be score
— The Gamechanger (@tarun_0707)
Ravi Shastri : Jaldi out hogaya tu aaj
Dhawan: Nah🙈i toh? Pehle se toh late hi out hua na.
— Akshay (@akshaykatariyaa)
I'm actually surprised at how surprised people are at this Dhawan dismissal. You should be surprised only if he bats well.
— Vasanth 💫 (@gully_point)
main hamesha khayal rakhunga
— Arun Lol (@dhaikilokatweet)
Virat Kohli seems to gotten his "mojo" back..
Poking at balls way far from the off stump… That too with an angled & poen faced bat..— Mitul Bora (@Mi2L008)
Dear please send Shikhar Dhawan t✨o Murgi Paalan Bhawan for 2 months after this tour.
— Sunil the Cricketer (@1sInto2s)
— Yatharth Niyogi (@DRUNK_HULK_)
Virat Kohli gets out on 5 runs only. This is what happened when 🦩u forced an employee to come office during his honeymoon days.
— Sunil the Cricketer (@1sInto2s)
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It's high time some saints stop ranting over Kohli's aggression.
— Prajakta (@18prajakta)
Virat K𓆉ohli proves honeymoon hangovers exist. Yet again.
— Nandini Suryanarayan (@NandiniSuri)
Virat K🌌ohli clearly feels he left his honeymoon too so♛on
— Aditya Bhatia (@AdiFrenzy)
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