New Delhi: New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham got trolled by the netizens for cracking a joke on Indian skipper Virat Kohli.
Neesham took to Twitter and wrote, "Rory Burns now has more runs in his first Ashes innings than Virat Kohli has in his entire Ashes career."
Rory Burns now has more runs in his first Ashes innings than Virat Kohli has in his entire Ashes career 🤷♂ï¸
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) August 3, 2019
England opener Rory Burns played a knock of 133 runs in the first Ashes Test against Australia at Edgbaston.
In another tweet, Neesham explained his joke, "I don't think you understand the premise of the joke. The joke is that Virat Kohli can't play in the ashes because he's Indian. Thus it would be a silly statement for me to compare his ashes runs to those of Rory Burns, an Englishman. It elicits a response of surprise."
I don’t think you understand the premise of the joke.
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) August 3, 2019
The joke is that Virat Kohli can’t play in the ashes because he’s Indian.
Thus it would be a silly statement for me to compare his ashes runs to those of Rory Burns, an Englishman.
It elicits a response of surprise https://t.co/eAnXW7KSe5
But before his explanation, Twitteratti trolled him for criticising Kohli's batting performance.
"Who is Jimmy in the Cricketing world.. we know Jimmy Amarnath and Jimmy Anderson but never heard of Jimmy "Neesham". Let's not take a 'Wannabe's' comment so seriously. Only "strugglers" can aspire to be a VK," a Twitter user wrote.
Who is Jimmy in Cricketing world.. we know Jimmy Amarnath and Jimmy Anderson but never heard of Jimmy "Neesham".
— Ravi Iyer (@RaviIye48225935) August 3, 2019
Let's not take a 'Wannabe's' comment so seriously. Only "strugglers" can aspire to be a VK
Another user who understood the joke replied, "Why waste your time in explaining the joke??"
Why waste your time in explaining the joke??
— Tushar Uchil (@UchilTushar) August 3, 2019
"You need not defend it. We understand your sarcasm. By the way, how many world cups has New Zealand won?" a cricket fan wrote.
You need not defend it. We understand your sarcasm. By the way, how many world cups has New Zealand won?
— Ashish Bhasin🇮🇳 (@trader_k) August 3, 2019
"At first it was abt the WC tickets and now comparison between Virat Kohli and Rory Burns, looks like its not going good for Neesham." another fan wrote.
At first it was abt the WC tickets and now comparison between virat kohli and Rory Burns, looks like its not going good for neesham.🤷ðŸ¼â™‚ï¸
— mr rao (@SudheendraRao4) August 3, 2019
"Virat Kohli has scored more runs than all Aus and Eng players in Asia Cup," game fanatic who got the joke replied.
Virat Kohli has scored more runs than all Aus and Eng players in Asia Cup
— Cheeku Kohli (@virat_fan_51188) August 3, 2019
Like you have 1000 wickets and 10000 runs in Ranji career.....
— ananddeva_cn (@devaanand476) August 3, 2019
And Rogerer Federer has ZERO wickets in the last 4 Ashes series
— cricky (@Crickosaurus) August 3, 2019
Virat already has enough runs than the Top order of entire Newzealand in their entire careers
— jagdeep (@sunnyjagdeep) August 3, 2019
