Indian skipper Virat Kohli has drawn flak from many cricketing experts since Anil Kumble stepped down from the post of the Indian coach and cited his 'untenable' relationship with the Delhi batsman as the reason for the same.
The 28-year old was apparently unhappy with the former leg-spinner's control over the dressing room and his demands of a regimented lifestyle from the players. Kohli refused to change his hostile stance against Kumble's style of man-management when the Cricket Advisory Committee(CAC) approached him following which the former leg-spinner resigned from the post.
As a result of Kumble's untimely resignation, the Indian team departed to the Caribbean sans a coach, but have been able to put up a commendable show against the home team winning the second and third ODI convincingly by margins of 103 and 93 runs respectively. Kohli played a pivotal role in India's second ODI win with a fantastic 87 while he also scored 32 runs in the third ODI. However, the Delhi batsman failed to replicate the same and fell prey to the invariable bounce of the Antigua pitch and was dismissed for 11.
David Lloyd who was watching the match tweeted,"Ind 2 down v WI ...Kohli out ...Coach fault"
Ind 2 down v WI ...Kohli out ...Coach fault
— David 'Bumble' Lloyd (@BumbleCricket)
Lloyd might have expected applauds for his sarcastic take on the issue but received severe backlash and was trolled by Indian cricketing fans.
England bottling in big games... Nationality fault
— Ghafarbutt (@Ghafarbutt)
17 100s in ODIs while chasing,tht is due to the mental strength of & not due to any coach
— Jayesh Sinha (@jayesh_sinha75)
I never knew who you were until u mentioned kohli in your tweet. 😂🖕🏻
— Hrithika (@hrithikareddy18)
Being an inventer of cricket ENG have never won a ICC world cup.. whose fault is that??
— CJ ÃMudhañ (@AMUDHAN_44)
Coach or players or bullshit minds???
No it's a used pitch bumble
— Rohit Singh (@lazyroe)
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