Virender Sehwag gives an epic reply to a troll questioning his stance on Virat Kohli vs Jonny Bairstow spat

The Virat Kohli vs Jonny Bairstow incident has got a lot of attention from a lot of ex-cricketers and fans from England and India. Talking about the incident, Kohli tried to get under Bairstow's skin when the latter was struggling at 13 (60). After this, the Englishman went on to score 93 runs in 80 balls. Overall, he scored 106 runs off 140 balls, including 14 fours and two sixes.

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Team eventually scored 284 all-out, mostly thanks to the Jonny Bairstow's knock. Former Indian batter, Virender Sehwag blamed Virat Kohli for helping England to post such a score. He pointed out how the latter's words riled up the 2019 World Cup winner and didn't benefit India.

"Strike Rate before Kohli's Sledging -: 21. Post Sledging - 150. Pujara ki tarah khel rahe thhey, Kohli ne Pant banwa diya bewajah sledge karke (He was playing like Pujara, Kohli turned him into Pant with his unnecessary sledging)," Sehwag had tweeted during Bairstow's knock.

Jonny Bairstow's Strike Rate before Kohli's Sledging -: 21

Post Sledging - 150



Pujara ki tarah khel rahe thhey, Kohli ne Pant banwa diya bewajah sledge karke #IndvsEng

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 3, 2022

In reply, a Twitter user asked Sehwag whether he would have made the same statement had Yorkshire player had gotten out after sledging.

Agar after sledging immediately out ho jata to tweet karte aap ???

— KedarHirve (@KedarHirve) July 3, 2022

In reply, Sehwag stated that he would have tweeted in favour of Virat Kohli if that had happened.

Haan yaar, karta

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 3, 2022

Talking about the game, the world number two Test side got the lead of 132 at the end of first innings. At the time of writing, they are ahead in the game by 366 runs with two wickets left. Cheteshwar Pujara scored a fifty while Rishabh Pant, who scored a hundred in the first innings, followed up with a half century.

Shreyas Iyer once again bounced out in the game and it is a growing concern with every opposition in the world attacking him with the short ball. Currently, Ravindra Jadeja and skipper Jasprit Bumrah are batting together and would be looking to take the lead past 400 runs and more.