The Indian Team registered a stunning six-wicket victory over Australia in the second match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Thank's to yet another match-winning performance from Ravindra Jadeja, India was able to get to take a 2-0 lead in the series.
An incident involving Virat Kohli from a match played in Delhi, which is also the star cricketer's home ground, has won everyone's heart. The Delhi crowd at the Arun Jaitley Stadium started chanting Virat's Indian T20 League franchise, Bangalore's name.
However, the former Indian captain was quick to ask the fans to cheer for India. He pointed at his jersey and asked the fans to cheer for the country. The video of the same has gone viral over the internet.
Here is Virat Kohli's video
Crowd was chanting 'RCB, RCB' - Virat Kohli told to stop it and chant 'India, India'. pic.twitter.com/kMd53wbYRU
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 20, 2023
Fans have lauded the 34-year-old for keeping aside the craze of his franchise and asking fans to focus on the Indian team. "His heart bleeds for the country. Love his passion for India," a fan wrote. "Strange that fans have chanted RCB in India's international game..makes not much of the sense despite few similar incidents in the past," wrote another.
In the meantime, a few fans used the chance to criticise the Indian Cricket Board. They said that while it seemed that he was pointing at India, he actually was pointing at Buyju's logo, India team's sponsor. "Chanting RCB RCB is better than chanting 'BYJU BYJU'," hilariously wrote a fan.
As for the match, India completely annihilated the visitors in the match. Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was at his best as he claimed three wickets in the first innings and followed it up with seven in the next.
The baggy greens scored 263 runs in the first innings, thanks to Usman Khawaja's half-century. India replied with a score of 262, handing Australia a 1-run lead. Jadeja then bundled up the visitors for a score of 113. Chasing a target of 115 runs, Rohit Sharma and Co. got there comfortably with six wickets to spare.
Here is how Twitter reacted
Lekin udhar buyjus lekha he
— satyaRD🇮🇳 (@rd_satya) February 20, 2023
RCB Blind fans Lmao. Not the first time RCB fans doing this ridiculous thing
— Vikas ⚡ (@thunderxstorm07) February 20, 2023
Tumko kaisa pata chala? Kha pata wo kohli kohli chillana ke liya bol raha ho?
— Shelby Yadav (@Meme_Canteen) February 20, 2023
His heart bleeds for the country. Love his passion for 🇮🇳
— Anurag Sinha (@anuragsinha1992) February 20, 2023
I Am Lucky That I Have Seen Virat Kohli In Guwahati. He Is Different. He Was Dancing In Guwahati Too. One And Only Virat Bhai ❤️ @imVkohli
— Manish Agarwal (@mannagarwal720) February 21, 2023
Virat Kohli asked to chant?
— Cricket Blike (@Cricket_blike) February 20, 2023
Strange that fans have chanted RCB in India's international game..makes not much of the sense despite few similar incidents in the past .
— movieman (@movieman777) February 20, 2023
Chanting RCB RCB is better than chanting "BYJU BYJU"
— Ramraj Bhadu (@ramrajbhadu) February 20, 2023
Actually Virat was not reacting so much on “kohli kohli” chants so crowd intentionally started chants “RCB RCB” to gain some attention,
— Raj bhandari (@RajBhandari97) February 20, 2023
I know because i was one of them 😂
Barabar hai IPL nahi chal raha hai. Have anyone ever heard that at Wankhede Stadium the Mumbai crowd chants "MI, MI" instead of "India, India"??? You will never get this because Mumbaikars know that Indian Team is more than franchise
— Omkar Indian Team Fan🇮🇳 (@Omkar_Acharya12) February 20, 2023