Asia Cup 2022 is merely few days away and the fans cannot stop getting excited. The tournament will witness India going in to defend the titles they won in 2016 and 2018. The eyes of the world will be all on the big name Asian teams with the World T20 just around the corner. Sri Lanka and Afghanistan kick off the tournament on Saturday with the first game of the tournament. India and Pakistan is the biggest marquee clash during the initial phase of the tournament. One player who is set to hog all the headlines is none other than Virat Kohli.
The story as it happened –
Sri Lankan commentator Roshan Abeysinghe created a storm in the Indian fandom when he tweeted a disturbing news. The Sri Lankan had said “Virat Kohli has been ruled out of the Asia Cup squad due to a wrist injury. Shubman Gill replaces him in the Team India squad”. Once this tweet went viral, the entire Indian cricket fan group went into a meltdown. They started looking for reports to confirm this and couldn’t find any of the reports that about the fitness of Kohli.
Abeysinghe posts clarification –
Roshan Abeysinghe was quick to find out that the news he had posted was fake, he was quick to clarify. The Lankan commentator said “Sorry Virat’s news is fake. Tweet has been deleted”. This gave the Indian fans a chance to heave a huge sigh of relief as they learnt that it was just an unfounded rumor.
Sorry Virat's news is fake. Tweet has been deleted.
— Roshan Abeysinghe (@RoshanCricket) August 25, 2022
Virat looking to strike form –
2022 has been a difficult year for Kohli as he struggled to score runs both for India and in the IPL. The former Indian captain just has one half century in international cricket this year. Kohli scored just over 300 runs for RCB this year during the IPL 2022 season. his season also had 3 first ball ducks, which was the first time he had been through such a rough patch.
Kohli fans will want him to score after he makes a comeback to the side after a short break where he missed the West Indies tour. Fit and firing Kohli is a treat to watch and the cricket fans cannot wait for the master to show his mastery once again.