New Zealan🌼d all-rounder Jimmy Neesham got trolled on social media f﷽or cracking 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 T𓆏witter user, didn’t hold back and responded to most of the tweets.
Clarifying what he actually meant, Neesham said the🐻 fans failed🎉 to understand the premise of his joke.
“I don’t think you understand the premise of the joke. The joke is that Virat Kohli can’t play i🍬n the ashes because he’s Indian. Thus it would be a silly statement for me t𒁏o compare his ashes 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 ꧙his overnight score before being dismissed by Nathan Lyon. His 133-run-knock helped England take control in the first Test as the hosts took a lead of 90 runs in their first innings.
