Not so long ago, Suryakumar Yadav stood tall and refused to back down in front of the majestic figure of Indian skipper Virat Kohli during MI’s Dream11 IPL 2020 clash against RCB. The Surya-Virat incident took the internet by the storm as an uncapped player got the better of India’s best player in the end.
Suryakumar slammed an unbeaten 79 against RCB’s hapless bowling attacking to lead Mumbai towards victory. The 30-year-old batsman did Cristiano Ronaldo’s classic “Calma” celebration while getting back at Virat Kohli, who tried to downplay the MI batsman during the game.
Suryakumar is Still Upset with Virat Kohli
The right-handed 30-year-old batsman has yet again created the headlines, but this time not for his batting skills. Suryakumar Yadav was caught liking a meme that takes a dig at Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli is been coined as a “paper captain” in the meme shared by a Twitter Fan page.
The meme pointed fingers at BCCI selectors and Virat Kohli for excluding Rohit Sharma from India’s squad for the Australia tour. The caption of the meme read: “Throw me to the Wolves and I come back leading the pack.” The specific meme was found In the liked list of Suryakumar Yadav’s Twitter account, which has now created all the buzz.
It all started when Suryakumar Yadav was not included in India’s T20 squad to face Australia. Suryakumar was tipped to get his maiden international call but to everyone’s surprise, he was snubbed by the BCCI selectors despite his fine form in T20 format for MI. Suryakumar hammered a total of 480 runs in 16 innings for Mumbai Indians in Dream11 IPL 2020. The Mumbai-based cricketer was a key factor in MI’s sixth IPL trophy hunt.