Iceland Cricket have always been known for their witty remarks on Twitter on various cricketing topics, but on Tuesday, their Twitter handle left Indian cricket fans fuming after they named former captain Virat Kohli as a 12th man in their all-time Test XI for India.
Kohli, who has featured in 101 Tests for India and is considered one of the modern-era greats across formats, is the nation's sixth-highest run-getter with 8043 runs at 49.95 with 27 centuries and 28 half-centuries. However, Iceland Cricket left him out of India's best ever Test XI and named him as a 12th man.
“Resuming our series on best ever XIs, today it's the Indian Test team: Gavaskar, Sehwag, Dravid (c), Tendulkar, Hazare, MS Dhoni (w), Kapil Dev, Ashwin, Kumble, Srinath, Bumrah. 12th man: Kohli, 13th man: Chandrasekhar, 14th man: Jadeja, 15th man: Z Khan, 16th man: Laxman, 17th man: H Singh,” they tweeted.
Fans were not just angry with the Twitter handle for naming Kohli out of the all-time XI but also naming Rahul Dravid as the captain. He had ended his tenure as the fourth-most successful captain in Test history, recording 40 victories as the Indian skipper in 68 matches, which also includes 11 draws. And stands third in terms of win percentage (50%) among all 28 Test captains who have at least led a team in 40 or more matches.
{{/usCountry}}Fans were not just angry with the Twitter handle for naming Kohli out of the all-time XI but also naming Rahul Dravid as the captain. He had ended his tenure as the fourth-most successful captain in Test history, recording 40 victories as the Indian skipper in 68 matches, which also includes 11 draws. And stands third in terms of win percentage (50%) among all 28 Test captains who have at least led a team in 40 or more matches.
{{/usCountry}}Here's how Twitter reacted…
The tweet also left Indian cricket fans divided over whether MS Dhoni should make the list as a wicketkeeper or should Rishabh Pant have made the XI given his recent exploits in Test cricket which includes in twin heroics in Australia series last year and record in overseas conditions.