Virat Kohli inspires utter devotion from his fans. And then when he has days such as the second day of the third South Africa test at Pune, they feel wholly justified in their steadfast devotion to the man who is now arguably a cricket legend in his own time. Kohli’s masterful innings decimated the opposition, smashed records and put India in a commanding position of 601/5 declared.
He smashed the record for the most number of double hundreds by any Indian in tests.
It was a record held by Sir Don Bradman for many decades. The fact that it was his record that Kohli broke made it all that much more special.
There is no dearth of professional and amateur statisticians coming up with interesting and obscure records.
If Gavaskar was the Little Master and Tendulkar the Little Champion, Kohli is the King; arguably a legend in his own time.
…Not only is he a brilliant player but he is a saint selfless as well.
Maybe it hurt a bit.
Is he for real, asks this twitter-user.
In any case, that is a silly question. Kohli was hardly likely to say that he was unhappy about his magnificent achievements.
The aim is to do one's best for the team. Record breaking is incidental.
He keeps finding new records to break.
People also decided to make fun of Rohit Sharma’s fans.
The tweets allude to the imaginary friction that is supposed to exist between these two top Indian players.
There is a lot of online friction between fans of Kohli and Steve Smith; both sides believing that the object of their affection is truly deserving of the ‘Best Batsman in the World’ tag.
Kohli fans are convinced of this.
Right now, a reeling South African team could be making a similar entreaty to the rampaging Indians as well.
Do you have something interesting you would like to share? Write to us at [email protected]
