New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham got trolled on social media for c🍰racking a joke on Team India captain Virat Kohli.
After England opener Rory Burns hit an unbeaten 125 on Day 2 of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Friday, Neesham tweeted: “Rory Burns now has more runs in his first Ashes innings than Virat Kohli has in his entire Ashes career.”
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However, his 🌺joke didn’t go well with🧔 Indian cricket followers as many fans took offence and didn’t waste any time to troll the Kiwi cricketer.
Neesham, who is an avid Twitter ♌user, didn’t hold back and responded to most of the tweets.
Clarifying what he ꦚactually meant, Neesham said the fans failed to understand the premise of his jo🐎ke.
“I don’t think you understand the premise of the joke. The joke is that♔ Virat Kohli can’t play in the ashes because he’s Indian. Thus it would be a silly statement for me to compare his as♈hes runs to those of Rory Burns, an Englishman. It elicits a response of surprise,” Neesham responded to a fan trolling him for comparing Kohli with Burns.
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Meanwhile, continuing from where he left, Burns added eight more runs to his overnight score before being dismissed by Nathan Lyon. His ꦰ133-run-knock helped England take control in the first Test as the hosts took a lead of 90 runs in their first innings.
