• India’s complete surrender against Australia in the 2nd innings of the first test drew many reactions from the Twitter world. While there were many who were appreciative of how the Australian seamers bowled there were plenty of experts who mocked, teased, and questioned India’s famed batting line-up. It was the first instance of the top 6 batsmen in test cricket not getting to double figures.

The Indian batting was an absolute no show in the 2nd innings of this test match. Leading the social media reaction trend was Aussie great, Shane Warne. He felt that Australian fast bowlers especially Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were outstanding. Warne felt sorry for the Indian batsmen who seemed to have no clue against such top quality seam bowling. He said what happened in that session was completely unbelievable.

Reaction from other cricketing legends:

One of India’s finest openers ever, Virender Sehwag felt that the Indian team has completely surrendered against the Australian team. He thought losing 6 wickets for just 19 runs on board was not the right thing to do.

Another one of the openers who played for India, Wasim Jaffer rightly pointed out that feeling high about something and suddenly feeling low about that particular thing is an experience in itself. He couldn’t come to terms with how the match transpired.

Former World Cup winning player, Kris Srikkanth was full of praises for Aussie paceman, Pat Cummins who delivered telling blows against the Indian batting line-up.

Cricketer turned cricket expert cum commentator, Aakash Chopra was mournful of India’s performance in the 2nd innings. He was shocked by the proceedings and had no answers to India’s shocking performance.

Former Australian left arm wrist spinner, Brad Hogg posted a funny tweet saying thanks to India’s listless performance, everyone will be getting a Sunday holiday.

A mercurial left-hander, Vinod Kambli who had a troubled India career questioned India’s lack of fighting spirit. He asked who would have thought that the match will be ending in 2 and half days.

Legendary Pakistani Fast bowler, Wasim Akram was shocked to bits to read the score posted by India. He said he had gone to play the 9 hole game and the game was over the moment he came back.