Despite drawing the five-match series against India 2-2, the England Cricket Board did a shameful act. He taunted former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli through his official Twitter handle. Not only this, the Barmy Army (group of fans of the England team) also taunted him.
Barmy Army shared a picture with Virat Kohli and Jonny Bairstow. In this picture, Kohli is pointing to keep quiet. Barmy Army wrote in the caption of the picture, ‘Bairstow has made more Tests in the last 25 days than Kohli could not even in the last 18 months.’
Earlier, England Cricket shared two pictures of these two. One picture was the same, which was shared by the Barmy Army, while in the second picture, Virat Kohli is seen hugging Jonny Bairstow and congratulating him on the victory. He did not give any caption to the pictures, but took a jibe at Virat Kohli by posting an emoji.
England Cricket posted a silence emoji. Actually, he was trying to say that it was Jonny Bairstow who stopped speaking of Virat Kohli on the contrary. Indian fans were shocked by this. He not only defended Kohli, but also showed the mirror to the England Cricket Board and the Barmy Army.
A user asked, ‘Is Bairstow bigger than your entire team?’ A Pakistani user wrote, ‘No such expectation was expected from the England Board. How can you troll the best player of this modern era?’ In response to the post of Barmy Army, a user wrote, ‘Joe Root scored a total of 43 centuries in Test, ODI and T20. Kohli has put so much in ODIs alone.
We can’t expect that like things from official page. it’s just ridiculous, nothing else. how can you troll the best player of the modern era?
Virat is known for giving it back. Just wait for limited overs series.I surely he will give his reply with his bat.
Stay strong Skippy— Zia Sherani???✨ (@Mr_Zia_Sherani) July 5, 2022
He’s bigger than your cricket team. Have some shame and sit back down ?????
— (@FfsAditya) July 5, 2022
Your Jonny is not even close to the King Kohli when it comes to all formats so you better ?
— DK017 (@deepakdorai77) July 5, 2022
Let us tell you that on the third day of Edgbaston Test match, there was a dispute between Jonny Bairstow and Virat Kohli on the field. The matter had escalated so much that even the umpires had to intervene. England wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow has been a part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) since 2019.
Jonny Bairstow played for Sunrisers Hyderabad from IPL 2019 to 2021. In the mega auction held before IPL 2022, Preity Zinta’s co-owner was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 6.75 crore.