Virat Kohli & Co. failed to meet the challenges posed by the Wellington pitch in the first Test as New Zealand pacers ran riot to hand Team India their first defeat in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship. It was the seam movement and swing early on in the game that saw the Black Caps get the better of India batsman in the Test series opener.

Ahead of the second Test in Christchurch, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has shared a picture of the pitch with a h??ilarious caption that has left fans quite worried.

On Thursday, the BCCI tweeted, “Spot the pitch” as a picture of the 22-yard strip wash shared on social media.

In what looked like ?an incredibly green surface, the fans on social media started to predict another batting collapse for the Indian team considering the way the hosts undid Kohli and his men on a not-so-green surf??ace in the first Test.

Spot the pitch 🤔🤔#NZvIND pic.twitter.com/gCbyBKsgk9

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 27, 2020

The fans have been vocal of their int?e?rpretation of the pitch, having looked at the picture that the BCCI shared. Many believe that India batsmen will again struggle against swing bowling if Kohli loses the toss, and his men walk out to bat first.

As usual?, Kohli will loose the toss and the great Indian batting order will collapse once again leading to another embarrassing defeat.

— CA Anurag Gupta (@agupta30481) February 27, 2020

NZ pays fitting tribute to @MariaSharapova by making a Tennis court pitch! #NZvIND @BCCI @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/7d6AzytPsc

— Kumar Sourav (@AdamDhoni1) February 27, 2020

Let's play 🎾@Wimbledon

— Jinit Shirke (@MrShirke_411) February 27, 2020

India can take early return flight

— A क्�?�?🚩 (@bagga_daku) February 27, 2020

Prithvi shaw got a fever after looking at pitch

— कबूत�?सिंह भतुलिय�?(@kabbuttar) February 27, 2020

Green pic.twitter.com/2RnuIRL8Gd

— Proud भारती�?🇮🇳 (@irahulchitti) February 27, 2020

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— Dr.♏αnthαn (@Manthansinh_) February 27, 2020

Again a green garden

— Avinash (@Avinash_937) February 27, 2020

Indian team: pic.twitter.com/CUO6FMqfQC

— Sandeep D Chaudhary (@16x2iz8) February 27, 2020

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U can graze the cattles here for a week

— Amey Kulkarni (@im_Amey18) February 27, 2020

Notably, Russian Tennis legend Maria Sh??arapova announced her retirement from the sport on Wednesday.

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Australian journalist Dennis Freedman who is known for his funny tweets on cricket has sparked a fresh controversy after he trolled batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on the micro-blogging website.

Freedman recently on his official Twitter handle posted a picture of Tennis star Maria Sharapova with the founder and executive chairman of the Alibaba group Jack Ma and captioned it as “It was a pleasure to finally meet Sachin Tendulkar Maria Sharapova”.

Dennis shared Sharapova’s picture as she once said that she didn’t know who Sachin Tendulkar is.

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Dennis post has once again started a mini-war on social media as he received several harsh reactions from Sachin Tendulkar’s fans.

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Height doesn't matter if you are Greatest because of your achievements.So be in your limits

— Prasad Suroshe (@PrasadsCR7) November 11, 2017

Shows your knowledge!! Or maybe you need ur weed… u guys can’t function without that

— 🥼🩺 Proud Indian (@LizSC2023) November 11, 2017

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— Ritik (@RitikRai619) November 12, 2017

Beta ab teri khair nahi. Ab indians tera twitter acc block karwa ?k chhodenge

— Bachcha Yadav | बच्च�?यादव (@BachchaYADAV_) November 12, 2017

?Dear Dennis, you are hi?gh on weed 😂😂😂 send the stuff you are smoking..

— Atheist (@godlessguy) November 11, 2017

Maria will need to take many birth to match even 1percent of respect which Sachin earned. Trolling a legend just to? earn recognition. S?hame on you

— Vikram singh (@Imfootballerfan) November 11, 2017

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Dennis earlier faced the heat of fans after he compared current Team India captain Virat Kohli with a sweeper. He then posted a picture of Kohli holding a broom and captioned the image as: “Sweepers clean the stadium in readiness for the World XI match.”

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