'Pay for my therapy', fans' outburst as Virat Kohli fails once in second T20I against England

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Just when there were talks of keeping former India captain Virat Kohli out of the T20 side for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia, the India talisman got out cheaply in the second T20I against England at the Edgbaston, Birmingham on Saturday. Virat was dismissed by England's debutant Richard Gleeson in the 7th over of the innings. Virat went for a big hit over mid-on, and top-edged the ball to find Dawid Malan at the back-foot point. Virat had scored only one run in three balls. 

Virat Kohli's disappointing run of form continued in the fifth and final Test against England, where he could score only 11 and 20 in both of his innings. He also had a sub-par IPL 2022 season with Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kohli could score only 341 runs in 16 games at an average of 22.73 and a sub-par strike rate of 115.98. He could score only two half-centuries in the tournament.

According to some reports, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) could be having the veteran sit out on the bench during the ICC World T20I 2022, which will take place in Australia in October this year. Cricket legend Kapil Dev said to the media on Saturday that Kohli will need to perform better and if the spinner Ravichandran Ashwin could be dropped from the Test squad, even Virat could be dropped from the T20I squad.

As soon as Virat got out cheaply, Twitter was flooded with Indian cricket fans disappointed with India's premier batsman. 

virat needs to understand that
Rohit
Pant
Surya
Hardik
Karthik
Are the players with aggressive role,he needs to play around that's it#INDvsEND #viratkohli

— Sarcasm Sanghi __ (@Saichowdary014) July 9, 2022

Is Virat Kohli still suitable for T20 cricket? @BCCI — Vikas Mathur __ (@vikasmathur542) July 9, 2022

Virat Kohli is incredible, he scored 1 full run. — Sumant N Tivary__ (@Tivary) July 9, 2022

@imVkohli pls retireeeee u are standing against the countrys development why are u so selfish u are never gonna be the old player u were i know so many people have said this to you but u ignored them but plsssss take this seriously — Shreyas S.B. (@ShreyasSB6) July 9, 2022

Virat Kohli giving away his wickets to new bowlers be like - pic.twitter.com/hFGDNm1eka — omkar hazare (@_Satyanweshi_) July 9, 2022

@SGanguly99 @imVkohli @ImRo45 If Rahane can sit out, why not kohli?
Include player on the basis of form, not with fame. — Debabrata Rath (@DebabrataRath6) July 9, 2022

Virat Kohli with his brand name walks in the playing XI replacing
Deepak Hooda mr consistent these days. Indian Cricket is not going any where __ #ENGvsIND #INDvENG — SakshamK (@Sakshamcric) July 9, 2022

current condition of virat kohli _ pic.twitter.com/004WBsk2db — shivam18 ||__ (@shivamprince16) July 9, 2022

@virendersehwag Sir Don't you think @BCCI should ask Virat Kohli like they have asked to Hardik and Pujara. In form Hooda can make some run. Virat can comeback with form and mental peace.___#ViratKohli #IndianCricketTeam #indvseng2ndt20 — Koushik Paul (@YourPaulBabu) July 9, 2022

It's time @imVkohli. Thanks for the memories_#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/n7pVtr0lnI — SUSHANT KUMAR (@Doctor_Punter) July 9, 2022

It's time @imVkohli. Thanks for the memories_#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/n7pVtr0lnI — SUSHANT KUMAR (@Doctor_Punter) July 9, 2022

@imVkohli pehle ja kar kundali dikha pandit se phir field per aana — Kajal (@ImKajal18) July 9, 2022

Kohli pay for my therapy sessions now @imVkohli You can't end ur career this way.. Score some runs pls _ — Sana Patel (@Crichipster) July 9, 2022