New Delhi: In last few days, Team India has been in news more for reports of rift between top players rather than upcoming tour of South Africa. Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma are said not to be in good terms for sometime now. The speculation only gained strength after Rohit pulled out of Test Series due to hamstring injury while Kohli reportedly declined his availability for the ODI series in South Africa.
Last week, BCCI, in a one-line tweet, said the ODI and T20I captaincy had been handed over to Rohit Sharma. This came after Kohli announced to step down as India’s T20I captain after the tournament.
However, Virat Kohli in a media address today refuted all murmurs of spat and asserted that he was always available for selection. Putting selectors in the dock, Kohli said that he was absolutely honest to the job and if they didn’t want him to lead the side, he was fine with it.
The speculations of differences gained more ground after Azharuddin & couple of other players tweeted on the issue. This gave the social media enough fodder to talk about. Since yesterday, lot of memes & jokes (some not in good taste) are floating on social media.
Ganguly – I personally requested Virat Kohli to not step down from T20i captaincy.
Kohli – I wasn’t told to not leave the T20i captaincy.
Ganguly to BCCI Cameraman – pic.twitter.com/PX2YHMOfDV
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) December 15, 2021
Domination of king Kohli.. #ViratKohli ? pic.twitter.com/NBl2axvRu5
— Shivam Mishra (@shiv0769) December 15, 2021
The face of world cricket Virat Kohli❤ pic.twitter.com/Bz9Vxf7pqf
— Indian RP17? (@BCCI_Indian) December 14, 2021
#viratkholi
Virat sir is available for odi series in SA@imVkohli pic.twitter.com/5lcOWempXb— @TheSunil18??,,vk18 (@YgSunil) December 14, 2021
People were giving lessons of patriotism and national duty to this man ?#ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/rwZ3Tdq6Dk
— Robin Saroy (@RobinSaroy2002) December 15, 2021
Story of team india.#Cricket #bcci #TeamIndia #RohithSharma #RohitSharma #Rohit #ViratKohli #Kohli pic.twitter.com/m9bdPo7T9Y
— Ex Cricketer (@exx_cricketer) December 14, 2021
Virat kohli : Only Indian in current squad to score test 100s in every SENA nation..#ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/FMsXCBcSVO
— Shivam Mishra (@shiv0769) December 14, 2021
The comeback ??#AjithKumar × #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/gBwkt9R1cr
— Shiva Vk (@thala_kohli_18) December 14, 2021
#ViratKohli to every mf today in preconference- #BCCI #viratkholi #Kohli #IndvsSA pic.twitter.com/gUpG90affp
— Heavy Ash-Win?? (@MankadSpinner) December 15, 2021
So #ViratKohli will not play ODI and #RohithSharma will not play Test in SA tour.. whats wrong with the indian cricket !! pic.twitter.com/lsA31cm8fV
— SWARA✽ (@SwaraMsdian) December 14, 2021
