
At the end of the third day of the recently concluded first Test in Edgbaston, England star pacer James Anderson said that the English team would go to bed that night, dreaming about Indian captain Virat Kohli's dismissal first thing on the following day. Indian batsmen had five wickets in hand, with an achievable target of scoring 84 runs for victory. Into an hour's play on the fourth day, Virat was caught before the wickets, after missing a regulation shot to mid-wicket against England all-rounder Ben Stokes.
Although India appeared to have a saviour in the form of Hardik Pandya, he couldn't manage to get us past the target, as the Indian lineup fell 31 runs short of the required target. After Virat struck a century in the first innings, he fell just after scoring a half-century in the second innings, making a contribution of 50% of the aggregate runs on India's scoreboard. Indian fans, quite evidently, roasted the rest of the team over yet again loss on foreign soil, on social media. Here are some of the best of them:
Test cricket may die not because of T20 but because of commentary and expert analysis by Manjrekar #INDvsENG
— Corporate Dalit (@CorporateDalit) August 3, 2018
RT If You Can't Spot Any Difference. King Kohli. ?#INDvENG #ENGvIND #INDvsENG #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/Fsf4STQ3LG
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadejaaaa) August 2, 2018
In England, if a Test match is over in 3.33 days then Test cricket is the real winner & every time it happens in India- Pitch rated poor, demerit points and Test cricket is under real threat. #INDvsENG
— Tridip Boruah (@Iam_tridip) August 4, 2018
Team India in abroad. #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/eDU64QHwJ6
— Pun of God (@Punofgod) August 3, 2018
Only 90's kid will remember this kind of defeat. #ENGvIND #INDvsENG
— Mumbaikar Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) August 4, 2018
Dharna at Virat Kohli's home tonight. He's the only Delhite able to perform despite all the hurdles by Modi and LG. #ENGvsIND #ENGvIND #INDvsENG
— Arvind Kejriwal (@TroluKejri) August 2, 2018
This test match looks like.#INDvsENG #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/qVNc57WoBu
— Anita Chauhan (@anita_chauhan80) August 4, 2018
#IndVsEng
— R A H U L???? (@rahulastic) August 4, 2018
Every Indian cricket fan to Kohli - pic.twitter.com/eTr1njVo6l
#INDvsENG Nervous ? pic.twitter.com/bXRPZPGCbF
— Urstruly Mahesh :) (@4everMaheshFan) August 4, 2018
If we could capture shot of a broken dream
— SoldMonk (@theSoldMonk) August 5, 2018
It would certainly be like this one..@bhogleharsha @BrokenCricket #indvsEng @SGanguly99 pic.twitter.com/DGkSLHq0pF
Perfect straight drives are needed for India today. Ensure you’ll drive straight tonight!! #INDvsENG #ENGvIND
— BengaluruCityPolice (@BlrCityPolice) August 4, 2018
Come On Indiaaaaaaaa... pic.twitter.com/GTRsxFbW91
Dada had Veeru,Rahul, Sachin, himself and Laxman in his batting line-up
— BONG CONNECTION (@BOONMITRA) August 2, 2018
Where as VK has Virat, Kohli, Virat, Kohli and Virat while playing in overseas conditions.. that's the difference. Somehow u like have to feel for this man.. solo warrior#INDvsENG