Bangladesh pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib was within the information after he gave a fiery send-off to Indian cricket group's star batsman Virat Kohli throughout the Tremendous 8 encounter of the T20 World Cup 2024 on Saturday. Tanzim's castigation of Kohli and the aggressive celebration that adopted turned a subject of dialogue on social media. Whereas social media customers had all types of issues to say in regards to the incident, one other cricketer who had as soon as given Kohli a send-off has joined the dialogue. West Indies pacer Kesrick Williams had as soon as given Kohli the notorious 'pocket book' send-off – an act that resulted within the India star beating him up badly throughout a match in 2017. Williams took to social media to react to a meme the place his edited picture was seen telling Tanzim to be prepared for the same assault.
Quoting the meme on his Instagram story, he wrote, “Cage 2-1 Kohli.”
Kesrick Williams' Instagram Story.pic.twitter.com/FJLhLYl3pv
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When Williams performed recurrently for West Indies, he used to have a good time getting out by writing the names of batsmen in an imaginary pocket book. He additionally did the same celebration towards Kohli throughout the limited-overs sequence in West Indies, however the Indian star didn’t prefer it.
Just a few months later, when West Indies toured India, Kohli smashed 32 runs off simply 12 balls off Williams and likewise did the identical 'pocket book celebration' to tease the West Indies cricketer.
In the meantime, Australia opener David Warner has backed Virat Kohli, saying the batsman faces pointless criticism for his strike charge.
“It's his ardour for the sport, like, he has such a powerful dedication and starvation to attain runs. You already know, he will get loads of criticism, which isn’t proper. I don't know what he will get for it, however there are lots of people who’re huge supporters of Virat, like all of us are,” he mentioned on Star Sports activities.
He mentioned, “Now, we’re influenced by the nice gamers who’ve performed this sport, and we’re fortunate to be on the sector with them. So, you understand, he constantly does his job the best way he does. You already know, he scores loads of runs. He is an efficient group man and he competes arduous. And that’s what we love about taking part in towards the Indian cricket group.”
(With IANS inputs)
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