Twitter instructed Virat Kohli when a video of crackers popping appeared on his birthday. | Photo – @ RCBtweets / @ImVkohli |
Key points
- The captain of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli, had urged everyone not to burst cookies on Diwali 2020
- Several states in India imposed a cookie ban on Diwali, which was celebrated on Saturday.
- Virat Kohli was polite on Twitter after a video surfaced showing cookies being smashed during his birthday celebrations.
The captain of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli, was trolled on Twitter and criticized by fans for his ‘anti-cracker’ Diwali message. Kohli, who is currently in Australia with the rest of the Indian team, had taken to social media to post a video message for his fans on Diwali. In his video, the Indian captain asked people to avoid popping cookies at the festival of lights to protect the environment and reduce pollution.
However, her message offended many on social media as people reacted furiously to Kohli’s message. A video has also gone viral on Twitter showing cookies exploding during Kohli’s birthday celebrations with his fellow Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Dubai earlier this month. Kohli was accompanied by his wife Anushka Sharma for the celebrations.
In the video, shared by RCB’s official identifier, the cookies can be seen popping in the background just before Kohli and Anushka cut the cake together. The video has been widely shared on Twitter with fans calling Kohli a ‘hypocrite’ for not practicing what he has been preaching. Kohli was also targeted by many for an incident in June last year when the Guruguram Municipal Corporation fined Kohli for using potable water to wash cars.
Some also pointed out how crackers have always been a part of IPL and other cricket tournaments where they are used a lot after a final. Some trolls also attacked Kohli’s wife, Anushka, for her message.
Virat Kohli Twitter Schools:
Here is the original video posted by RCB where you can see how cookies burst during Kohli’s birthday celebrations in Dubai.
Several states in India had banned firecrackers on this Diwali to combat rising levels of pollution. Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and West Bengal were among the states where crackers were banned on Diwali 2020.
Kohli will be seen in action for Team India in the upcoming ODI series starting on November 27. The Indian players had their first outdoor training session in Sydney on Thursday and are preparing for the long tour consisting of three ODI, three T20I. and four test matches.
Kohli will not participate in all four Trials and will return home after the first Trial to be with his family and wife Anushka Sharma for the birth of their first child in January. The BCCI has granted him paternity leave and he will only play the first Test of the Frontera-Gavaskar Trophy.
