New Delhi: As the excitement builds up for the much-awaited Border Gavaskar Trophy, cricket fans in India and Australia are equally overjoyed as they are going to witness some god Test action for the coming two months. The series, which will run for five Tests and across different venues in Australia, promises to be a thrilling affair, not just for the teams but for the fans and the cricket pundits alike.
Amid all the excitement, there has been some noise lately on the social media. A promo of the upcoming Test series has gone viral on the internet and while some fans are irked about it, some are making jokes out of it. The promo is by the Australian media channel Fox Cricket, which has shown Pat Cummins beside Virat Kohli, while informing the viewers about the upcoming Test series, which starts in Perth on November 22.
The post is spreading like wildfire because fans are questioning why the channel has used Kohli’s picture when Rohit Sharma is the named captain for the five-Test affair. Some hardcore Rohit fans have been irked while some are making jokes about the Indian opener, saying that the Australian have already sacked him as the Indian captain, referring to India’s recent 3-0 Test whitewash at the hands of New Zealand.
Here are some fan reactions –
Poster of Border-Gavaskar Trophy shown during #AUSvPAK match.
Is Virat Kohli the captain of Indian cricket team? No respect to Rohit Sharma at all.#BGT2024 pic.twitter.com/t2iq42hQHl
— Silly (@darfedar) November 10, 2024
FOX CRICKET POSTER FOR INDIA VS AUSTRALIA 1ST TEST. 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/bz5TUl4zby
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 10, 2024
Fox Sports poster for ye BGT.
Indian Captain Rohit Sharma is missing. pic.twitter.com/tYOc3mwnUE
— M (@anngrypakiistan) November 10, 2024
Australia announce BGT squad
The BCCI had announced India’s squad for the Border Gavaskar Series last month in which Rohit was named as the captain and Jasprit Bumrah was the vice captain. The Australia squad was awaited and Cricket Australia (CA) finally dropped their squad for the first Test on Sunday. Two uncapped players Nathan McSweeney and Josh Inglis have earned maiden Test call-ups in the strong 13-member squad.
SQUAD 🤩 The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is almost upon our men’s national team, with 13 of our very best ready and raring to face India in Perth later this month #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/QbRVJNmllw
— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) November 9, 2024
AUS squad for 1st Test vs IND:
Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc.
A massive controversy has erupted on the social media as netizens are calling out the Australian media channel for its promo of the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
