On Tuesday, the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 auction took place and despite the fact that it was not a mega one, it managed to live up to the expectations. Over the years, it has become one of the most-awaited events for the cricketing fans across the globe as it has been known to leave the fans astonished and this year was not an exception either. As witnessed by everyone, most of the unknown names grabbed millions while the big names like Brendon McCullum, Cheteshwar Puajra and Alex Hales went unsold, the auction in Jaipur saw it all.

And as soon as the auction was concluded, one fan attempted to get under the skin of the former Australian skipper Mitchell Johnson for going unsold in the auction. Johnson, who was picked by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) last year, had retired from all forms of the game earlier this year. However, the fan was unaware of the fact and went on to execute his plans to take a dig at Johnson who is not very popular among the Indian fans.

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Calling Johnson silly, the fan tweeted: “Hey silly unsold @MitchJohnson398.”

Hey silly unsold @MitchJohnson398, 😂😂😂

— Pandiyan (@Paandi_Cricket) December 18, 2018

The fan was successful in grabbing the attention of Johnson who hit back immediately. Calling the fan champion in his sarcastic tone, he wrote: “Hello champion, just a reminder, I retired from all cricket earlier this year 🍻🥴🤦🏼‍♂️“

https://twitter.com/MitchJohnson398/status/1075168828512845824

Johnson must have lost some more fans in India after his latest criticism of India skipper Virat Kohli. Time and again, the World Cup-winning pacer had criticized Virat and he did it again after the conclusion of the second Test in Perth. The southpaw termed Kohli as “disrespectful” and “silly” for his on-field antics during the Perth Test.

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In his column for Fox Sports, Johnson said, “At the end of the match, you should be able to look each other in the eyes, shake hands and say ‘great contest’. Virat Kohli could not do that with Tim Paine, shaking the Australian captain’s hand but barely making eye contact with him. To me, that is disrespectful.”

Meanwhile, the same fan had mentioned that he called Johnson silly only because the Australian had used the same word for Kohli.

Answer for those criticizing me.@MitchJohnson398 mentioned kohli as silly,so I mentioning him.thats all.😏😏

— Pandiyan (@Paandi_Cricket) December 19, 2018