Iceland Cricket lambasted for Virat Kohli Test hundred drought tweet

Kohli
ended
his
overall
hundred
drought
in
2022
when
he
scored
his
maiden
T20I
century
against
Afghanistan
in
the
Asia
Cup.
He
also
scored
three
hundreds
in
ODIs
to
take
his
overall
hundreds
tally
to
74.

However,
the
34-year-old,
who
scored
his
last
Test
hundred
in
2019,
is
yet
to
reach
the
three-figure
mark
in
the
red
ball
format.
It
has
been
22
Tests
since
Kohli
registered
a
hundred
in
Tests.

During
his
drought,
he
has
scored
four
fifties
with
his
highest
score
being
79,
which
came
against
South
Africa
in
January
2022.
In
the
seven
Tests
since
then,
Kohli
has
scored
232
runs.

Kohli
has
also
failed
to
make
an
impact
in
the
ongoing
Test
series
against
Australia
with
the
scores
of
12,
44
and
20
so
far
in
the
first
two
Tests.

Iceland
Cricket,
who
are
at
most
times
provocative
with
their
tweets,
took
to
Twitter
to
highlight
the
fact
that
Kohli
has
not
scored
a
Test
century
for
over
three
years.

“This
statistic
won’t
please
many
of
our
Indian
fans,
but
it
is
now
23
Tests
since
Virat
Kohli
scored
a
century,
which
was
back
in
2019.
How
long
is
too
long?,”
Iceland
Cricket
tweeted.

This
statistic
won’t
please
many
of
our
Indian
fans,
but
it
is
now
23
Tests
since
Virat
Kohli
scored
a
century,
which
was
back
in
2019.
How
long
is
too
long?

—
Iceland
Cricket
(@icelandcricket)

February
21,
2023

But
that
did
not
go
down
well
with
the
fans
as
some
defended
the
star
Indian
batter,
who
has
had
a
lean
patch
in
the
red
ball
game.

While
one
fan
questioned
the
poor
umpiring,
one
fans
also
asked
Iceland
if
any
of
their
players
have
ever
scored
a
Test
hundred
and
the
others
just
asked
them
to
“leave
Kohli
alone”.

Some
fans
also
compared
them
to
Venkatesh
Prasad
for
his
recent
outburst
for
KL
Rahul’s
inclusion
despite
poor
form
by
suporting
his
calls
with
stats.

Here
are
some
reactions
to
Iceland
Cricket’s
tweet:

Any
opinion
about
the
bad
umpiring
decision
of
not
out?
His
44
was
v
impactful,
why
does
his
century
draught
make
such
a
big
difference
to
you?

—
Shweta
Garg
Agrawal
(@shwets_3009)

February
23,
2023

How
many
centuries
does
any
iceland
crickets
have
?
Kohli
having
more
centuries
than
entire
iceland
all
generarion
cricketer
in
international
cricket

—
Pratik
Kumar
(@pratikjoin89)

February
23,
2023

How
many
centuries
does
any
iceland
crickets
have
?
Kohli
having
more
centuries
than
entire
iceland
all
generarion
cricketer
in
international
cricket

—
Pratik
Kumar
(@pratikjoin89)

February
23,
2023

No,
don’t
become
another

@venkateshprasad,
please.
Leave
the
lad
alone.
He’s
doing
alright
as
a
player.

—
Rehan.eth
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Marketing
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|
Productivity
⚡
(@digicritics)

February
22,
2023

Let

@ICC
recognize
you
as
a
cricket
playing
nation,
maybe
then
we
will
discuss
more
statistics
with
you.
I
have
tagged
them,
so
that
they
are
able
to
notice
you.????

—
Samridh
(@Samy_1607)

February
23,
2023