As the Indian Cricket Team suffered another loss in an ICC event, the Indian fans on social media went mad at the captaincy of Virat Kohli. New Zealand registered a phenomenal 8-wicket win over India in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final to become the first winner of the tournament on Wednesday in Southampton.
The win was historic for the Kwis as they managed to become the first team in the world to win the ICC World Test Championship. For the Indian team, it was a rather forgetful event. After having topped the Test Championship points table for the most part of the tournament cycle, Team India succumbed to the Kiwi pressure and failed to pull off a draw on the reserve day to lose yet another ICC trophy.
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In a match marred with rain for almost 3 days, Team India failed to capitalize on the chances and let go of the match. The Indian batters can be blamed completely for failing to score on the reserve day and carry the Indian innings forward. Eventually, the Kiwis were left with a target of 139 runs on the final day and the Kiwis chased it down comfortably in the end. Kane Williamson led the chase from the front as he smashed a scintillating fifty along with a crucial partnership with Ross Taylor towards the end.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli also made some wrong calls that led to the demolition of team India as he could not prove himself to be spot on with his bowling changes and field placements. Moreover, Virat has so far failed to win any ICC trophy ever since he has been appointed as the Indian limited-overs captain in 2017 before he was leading the Test team in 2014.
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Another failure in an ICC event left the fans baffled with Virat Kohli’s captaincy and the Indian fans lashed out at him on Twitter and demanded a change in the captaincy. The biggest name coined by the Indian fans was that of Rohit Sharma. Rohit has been the most successful skipper in the history of IPL.
Criticizing Virat Kohli, here is how the Indian fans reacted on Twitter:
#captaincy #ViratKohli #INDvNZ
The people who are saying Kohli is not responsible for the defeat… Should see below images.. This is the final not an entertainment stage.. He is dancing like a fool kid on the ground.. What's nonsense.. Most irresponsible person.. pic.twitter.com/SDSjl0DGvj
— Ashish Tomar🇮🇳 (@ashishtomar3108) June 23, 2021
I Recommend bcci to make Rohit Sharma a Captain of Indian team for better future of Indian cricket team.. #RohithSharma #Captaincy #Rohit pic.twitter.com/6Ja5J4cpd1
— S@TISH P@NDA🇮🇳🔆🇮🇳 (@Satish_Panda7) June 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/IamKhan070/status/1407766487297716225?s=20
#captaincy
Now It's the Time.
What ever Virat fans call it
India need to change the Captaincy.
New Era after Legend MS Dhoni
Must Come in the name of Rohit Sharma
India needs New Captaincy#Captaincy #ICCWorldTestChampionship #WTC2021Final #INDvNZ #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/BnPSBFWLI5— Prashant Talwar (@Prashan52104378) June 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/Vaibhavkav/status/1407757936445775872?s=20
We need new #captaincy new #Coach pic.twitter.com/HYnEMzJ8bH
— Archu Archana (@Archu_Vanaja) June 23, 2021
Kohli taking Chokers Trophy from South Africa#captaincy #INDvNZ #BCCI #MSDhoni #WTC2021Final #worldtestchampionshipfinal pic.twitter.com/UWkiF6SA9e
— Putin Shetty (@im_Breaking_Bad) June 23, 2021
— Parth Shah 🇮🇳 (@parrthshah) June 24, 2021
NO HATE FOR VIRAT KOHLI .
BUT INDIA SHOULD GO WITH ROHIT SHARMA AS THE CAPTAIN FOR T20 WORLD CUP .#captaincy#WTC2021Final #IndiaVsNewZealand #ICCWorldTestChampionship #TestCricket #ICCWTCFinal #NZvIND #BCCI #TeamIndia #indvnz #WTC2021Final #ICCWorldTestChampionship pic.twitter.com/iDLBbGopx6— Eilisa (@Era_44) June 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/imDL45/status/1407749558440919043?s=20
#INDvNZ #WTC21 #captaincy
The best Indian test team of the decade…without Virat's captaincy.Miss this champion team…
Congrats @BLACKCAPS https://t.co/XhSx2fpk5g— Imtiyaz Hussain (@imtiyazuk) June 23, 2021
So disappointed, @imVkohli Always let us down in big Matches 💔#captaincy #WTC21 pic.twitter.com/YZxWJucgM5
— Akhand Pratap Singh 😎 (@AkhandP53274372) June 23, 2021
For Team India Captaincy
Like For Rohit Sharma
RT For Kohli #WTC2021Final #INDvsNZ #captaincy #ViratKohli #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/dyuNPXdZHu— Kabir (@kabirrockz) June 23, 2021
Kohli should step down . #Captaincy #WTC2021Final #Rahane #ICCWorldTestChampionship #WTCFinal pic.twitter.com/vtgrueryy2
— Supreme Leader (@tHeMantal) June 23, 2021