The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli scored double-century on Day 2 of the Pune Test against South Africa to put India in a commanding position on Friday. Before Kohli, opener Mayank Agarwal had scored his second Test century on the first day of the Test.
While the above two innings brought happiness on every Indian cricket fan’s face, former English skipper, Michael Vaughan took a dig at the pitches in India, describing them as “boring” as they favor batsmen for first three-four days. Vaughan’s tweet didn’t go down well with the Indian fans who started trolling him.
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Soon after, the English fans also came out in support of their former skipper which sparked a heated debate on the social media platform. Vaughan’s tweet read: “Test Match Cricket pitches in India are boring … The first 3/4 days the contest is far too in favour of the bat … Needs more action for the bowler… My thought of the day … #INDvSA”.
Test Match Cricket pitches in India are boring … The first 3/4 days the contest is far too in favour of the Bat … needs more action for the bowler … My thought of the day … #INDvSA
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 11, 2019
Replying to Vaughan’s tweet, the Indian fans criticized the English weather and reminded Vaughan how it played spoilsport throughout the World Cup 2019 and Ashes 2019.
This is how fans reacted:
Better than england…rain breaks almost every alternate day of a test match and poor drainage systems
— Ruchir Joshi (@RuchirJoshi14) October 11, 2019
Probably you forget ashes mate or you forget rain world cup which for the 1st time world cup semi final had to be played in 2 days
— मुहाम्मद राफ़िक़ फ़रहाज़ (@farhaz98) October 11, 2019
https://twitter.com/Stomatologist26/status/1182548572300075008
they are cry baby. when India produces pitches tracks that favor bowlers more than batsmen, they will cry poor pitch and minefield. The English test team is a joke. they can't play well in good batting conditions like India and Australia.
— Sajal Jain सजल जैन (@sajaljain906) October 11, 2019
https://twitter.com/Instastariam/status/1182548481396723714
As far as the match is concerned, India declared the first innings on a mammoth total of 601/5. In the process, Kohli notched up his highest Test score of 254*. He recorded his seventh double hundred soon after tea, put on 225 runs with Jadeja to demotivate the South African bowling in Pune.
Jadeja was out attempting a big heave off-spinner Senuran Muthusamy and was caught at long-off for 91 as Viratwalked off with his partner to have a go at the opposition batting in the final session.
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Playing his 50th Test as skipper, Kohli surpassed batting great Don Bradman’s tally of 6,996 runs and then swept Muthusamy for two runs to reach 200 in his 81st match amid a standing ovation. The benchmark puts him in the top 50 run-scorers in Test cricket, a field led by Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar with 15,921 runs in 200 matches.
