IPL 2025: Arshad Warsi faced the ‘wrath’ of Virat Kohli fans after Gujarat Titans’ bowler Arshad Khan picked up the pricy wicket of Royal Challengers Bangalore batter.
Royal Challengers Bangalore registered their first loss in the IPL 2025 after Gujarat Titans cruised to victory inside 18 overs and with 8 wickets in hand. Chasing a modest total of 169/8 put up by RCB, Shubman Gill’s side had no problems whatsoever as opening batter Sai Sudharsan (49) along with Jos Buttler’s brisk 73 off 39 meant the visitors at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru could secure an easy win on Wednesday. Mohammed Siraj, former RCB bowler, was the star performer of the night for Gujarat Titans as his three-wicket-haul at an impressive economy rate of 4.75 restricted RCB batters from scoring big in front of their home crowd. But their victory came at a price. Hundreds of “irked” Virat Kohli fans flocked to Instagram to give GT’s Arshad a mouthful for picking their star batter’s wicket. There was, however, a slight issue.
Arshad Khan Picks Up Virat Kohli
The 27-year-old left-arm pacer Arshad Khan took the blockbuster wicket of RCB veteran Virat Kohli in his first over of the contest. Bowling his third delivery of the over, Khan found success when Kohli pulled him towards the deep square leg region. Prasidh Krishna who was stationed there completed a routine catch. Kohli departed for 7 in 6 balls and RCB fans were stumped.
Arshad Warsi Blamed
Circuit of Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Arshad Warsi’s Instagram was swiftly spammed with comments blaming the Bollywood actor for picking up Kohli’s wicket. Yep. Marching to his latest Instagram post with Ajay Devgn, the “angered” fans gave Warsi a piece of their mind.
“Kohli ko out kyun kiya! (Why did you dismiss Kohli?)”
“Ee circuit tu Kohli ka wicket kyu liya re (Circuit, why did you pick up Kohli’s wicket?)”
“Tera Kohli ne kya bigada tha (What did Kohli even do to you?)”
“Yeh lockdown kids yahan bhi aa gaye (These lockdown kids are here too).”
There were nearly 7000 comments like these.