Aakash Chopra slams fan post being called Virat Kohli’s ‘Chamcha’

Aakash Chopra slams fan: The former Indian opening batsman was in no mood to hear unnecessary things during the third IND vs AUS ODI.

During the third ODI of the recently concluded Australia’s tour of India in Bengaluru, India captain Virat Kohli grabbed a first-rate catch to dismiss Australia all-rounder Marnus Labuschagne and put a halt to a 127-run partnership between Steve Smith and Labuschagne.

It all happened on the third delivery of the 32nd over when Labuschagne’s attempt of playing an aerial drive off India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja saw him walking back to the pavilion.

Given the quality of the catch, appreciations were bound to come towards the Indian captain and rightly so. Former India opening batsman Aakash Chopra was among the many illustrious names who praised the Indian skipper’s effort on social media platform Twitter.

What. A. Catch. Which followed a couple of outstanding saves that kept Marnus on strike. #Kohli #IndvAus

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 19, 2020

However, Chopra doing the same didn’t go down well with a fan who considered the former to be biased towards Kohli. The fan raised the point that Chopra hadn’t tweeted for India batsman Manish Pandey after he grabbed a one-handed screamer to dismiss Australia opening batsman David Warner in the second ODI in Rajkot.

Hello Mr chamcha of virat Kohli why you not tweeted when pandeyji takes a superb catch in last match

— SHASHANK TIWARI (@imSRTiwarii) January 19, 2020

Aakash Chopra slams fan

It was at this point in time that Chopra didn’t shy away from replying to the fan in a fitting manner. “Get a life, dude. I was on commentary when Pandey ji took that catch and called it. And Praised it. I don’t tweet while commentating,” read Chopra’s tweet.

Sorry. I pledge to tweet on every great catch taken in 2020. 😐
Get a life, dude. I was on commentary when Pandey ji took that catch and called it. And Praised it. I don’t tweet while commentating. https://t.co/xVNikaQX4u

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 19, 2020

How Twitterati reacted:

You should be tweeting while doing commentary. Perhaps go live on Instagram too.

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) January 19, 2020

I love you 🤟 but why should Youtube and Tiktok be left out…. 🤣😝 https://t.co/8XwrUQaLSI

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 19, 2020

The fluency with which @cricketaakash does commentary is worth appreciating. It’s very difficult to rhyme words so frequently and impromptu and also entertaining at most times. #INDvsAUS

— Sushant Hede (@sush_hede) January 19, 2020

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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