'Have some shame' - Twitter bashes England Cricket Board as they try to troll Virat Kohli

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) milked the hot topic of Virat Kohli and Jonny Bairstow's heated conversation. After England successfully chased down the target of 378 runs with seven wickets in hand, the ECB created a controversy on Twitter. Apparently, the cricket board tweeted two images of Kohli and Bairstow. The first one was from Day Three of the game where Kohli was asking Jonny to shut up.

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On the right side, the duo was seen shaking hands and leaving the past behind. This might seem harmless but the caption that the board put created controversy. Apparently, the social media handler used the zip-it-up emoji which is generally used when someone doesn't want to speak or asks the other person to keep quiet.

This is the Tweet

🤐 pic.twitter.com/yg5IoEe4W3

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 5, 2022

This tweet has created controversy and the fans suggested how the ECB needs the former India skipper for clout. In other words, the fans tried to say that the ECB was trying to get more and more views using the 33-year-old. Unsurprisingly, the India and Pakistan fans of the 102-Test veteran bashed the cricket board.

A lot of readers might be aware of the fact that people from both countries forget their political difference when it comes to cricket. In the Delhi player's case, this is no different. A lot of people from Pakistan adore the modern-day legend. Meanwhile, talking about the game, the Three Lions managed to level the five-match series 2-2.

With this, the world number two side once again lost the opportunity to win the series since 2007. Up next, the Men In Blue will play the three-match T20I and ODI series against the hosts. The home team will start their era under the new skipper Jos Buttler. For the unversed, Eoin Morgan has announced his retirement from international cricket after battling with form and injuries in the last one and a half years. The series will start on July 7.

This is how Twitter reacted

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Bro you have just Drawn the Series vat ur Home 🤣🤣😭😭😭. Dont act like won the series

— Declan Harp (@MasterDeclan7) July 5, 2022

We can't expect that like things from official page . it's just ridiculous, nothing else. how can you troll the best player of the modern era?
Virat is known for giving it back . Just wait for limited overs series.I surely he will give his reply with his bat.
Stay strong Skippy

— Zia Sherani🇵🇰💚✨ (@Mr_Zia_Sherani) July 5, 2022

@BCCI never posts these kind of shit. Have some shame.

— SavageCreature (@SavageCreature) July 5, 2022

Even Official Handles use Kohli to get reach. Shows the obsession

— Priyanshu Bhattacharya 🏏 (@im_Priyanshu_B7) July 5, 2022

ECB should be ashamed of this act.
If anyone who had followed Virat through his career,his passion towards the game hasn't changed a bit.
His aggression while playing a game and let go everthing and forget what's happened on field after the game and be gentle has been his nature

— Thulsiram (@thulsiram1995) July 5, 2022

Official cricket board shit tweeting. Love this

Also the fact 2-2 is being celebrated 👍🏽

— AD #SackDravid (@cricadharsh) July 5, 2022

Imagine what will happen if our official handle @BCCI will mock u frm very 1st test match that saved u bcoz of rain otherwise we wld hve been 3-1 ahead in this series before 5th test started

— Pratik Sehajpal (@Pratik25703) July 5, 2022

I can understand the Barmy Army doing this. But didn't expect this sort of a cheap retort from official ECB page. Not defending what Kohli did but this is beyond ridiculous and downright disrespectful. On field banter should stay on field.

— Abhinav (@trexbuffet) July 5, 2022

Draw

— Saitya hindu (@SaityajitBaidy1) July 5, 2022

Lost 3-1 vs India in India. But drew 2-2 at home

— DS (@CA_DS05) July 6, 2022