‘Bangalore blind fans Lmao’ – Fans chant for the Bangalore franchise; Kohli denies them and asks to chant for team India
Virat Kohli (Source: Twitter)
Former India skipper Virat Kohli is one of the greatest players of all time. When he recently appeared at the Arun Jaitley stadium for the second Test against Australia, Kohli once again managed to capture the hearts of the audience. The former Bangalore franchise captain heard the Delhi crowd chanting “Bangalore, Bangalore” when he was fielding at slips. Kohli swiftly motioned for them to support India by pointing toward the jersey. On Day 3 of the Test match, the crowd began to scream “India-India” instead of chanting for the Bangalore franchise.
Kohli played a crucial knock in the first and second innings of the Test Match, where he scored 44 runs and 20 runs, respectively. India won the second match by six wickets and took a 2-0 lead in the four-match Test series of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Rohit Sharma-led side will now travel to Indore to play the third Test match of the series at the Holkar Cricket Stadium which will be played from March 1 – March 5.
Crowd was chanting 'RCB, RCB' – Virat Kohli told to stop it and chant 'India, India'. pic.twitter.com/kMd53wbYRU
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 20, 2023
Ravindra Jadeja and Cheteshwar Pujara shine in India’s victory
Earlier in the second Test, the star performer with the ball was Ravindra Jadeja, who bagged his best bowling figures in an inning of a Test match. He grabbed a match-winning figure of 7/42 in the third innings which helped India to bundle out on a mere score of 113 runs. The remaining three wickets were also taken by another veteran spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin who registered the figures of 3/59.
Australia set a target of 115 runs for India in the fourth innings which India chased down in the 29th over. Cheteshwar Pujara, who was playing his 100th International Test, scored the match-winning runs. He played an unbeaten knock of 31 runs, with four boundaries. On Sunday, February 19, the Indian Cricket Board announced the squad for the third and fourth Test and the ODI series against Australia which will take place just after the Test series.
India squad for 3rd & 4th Test vs Australia: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, R Jadeja, Mohd Shami, Mohd Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.
India ODI squad: Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (VC), R Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, W Sundar, Y Chahal, Mohd Shami, Mohd Siraj, Umran Malik, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Jaydev Unadkat.
Here’s how fans reacted to the video:
Now Virat only has the highest fanbase in cricket history
— into the vijayism (@VickyVjoffl) February 21, 2023
https://twitter.com/DipeshT96767338/status/1627723683803570176
https://twitter.com/thfcharryk/status/1627721697750310914
https://twitter.com/khushioffside/status/1627734014961532928
Chanting RCB RCB is better than chanting "BYJU BYJU"
— Ramraj Bhadu (@ramrajbhadu) February 20, 2023
https://twitter.com/RajBhandari97/status/1627733762456055808
https://twitter.com/Omkar_Acharya12/status/1627762367970037760
saala BCCI madrchod sponser ki itni bhukhi h centre me India bhi ni likhwa skte… hadd hai Virat dikhana chahta tha India ko but vha byju tha… sabko smjh aagya but fir bhi India to hona jaruri hai
— Harish mehra (@harishmehra1438) February 20, 2023
https://twitter.com/Bhav_twees/status/1627722005704499200
RCB Blind fans Lmao. Not the first time RCB fans doing this ridiculous thing
— Vikas ⚡ (@thunderxstorm07) February 20, 2023
