IND vs IRE: "No IPL, no party" - Twitter reacts as Virat Kohli scores 1 against Ireland in T20 World Cup 2024

Virat Kohli, on Wednesday (June 5) failed to deliver with the bat as he was out for a single-digit score during India's T20 World Cup 2024 opener against Ireland at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.

The former India skipper has come into the T20 World Cup after enjoying a stunning season with the bat in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024). The right-handed batsman finished the campaign as the highest run-scorer, scoring 741 runs with the help of one century and five half-centuries. He also created history by becoming the first-ever Indian batsman to finish an IPL season as the highest run-scorer twice.

After the IPL, Virat Kohli took an extended break and was not a part of the group that left the country for New York. He arrived in New York towards the end of the last month and also decided to skip the warm-up game against Bangladesh at the same venue.

The batting superstar had faced criticism from several quarters for not playing the warm-up game and he is facing the heat again after failing to do well with the bat against Ireland. With India chasing only 97 runs in the game, Virat Kohli was expected to start his campaign on a good note.

However, he could not last long and scored just 1 run off 5 balls before being dismissed by Mark Adair. And as the India star was out for a single-digit score, a number of fans decided to take shots at him.

Here are some of the reactions to Virat Kohli's failure:

Kohli Please next match mein dhyan se kheliyo 😭🙏
Heartattack nhi liya jayega 😭

— 𝐀𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚 ✨ (@_paracetamol_x) June 5, 2024

Why was Kohli opening for us today man he should stick to one down in international cricket

— Fawaaz (@__Fawaazzz) June 5, 2024

Virat kohli can never be Babar azam (Good at bashing minnows)

— 𝕐𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧 (@_Yasin18_) June 5, 2024

Virat Kohli 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/V6ncmS9R26

— Darshannn (@D4Dramatic) June 5, 2024

Virat Kohli saving all his runs for Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan 🤡 pic.twitter.com/59hFA9slyS

— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) June 5, 2024

Let's laugh at Kohli 🤣🤣🫵
no strong team no party him

— NAVEEN🚩 (@113off50) June 5, 2024

Kal BJP aaj Kohli 🫤

— Aditi. (@Sassy_Soul_) June 5, 2024

Kohli saab please revert to the old approach. These pitches are not going to suit this aggressive approach. Even so-called selfless batters are now using your old approach to score some runs. @imVkohli 🙏

— 𝐊𝐨𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭!𝟎𝐧_👑🚩 (@bholination) June 5, 2024

Might be one of his worst ever t20 wc campaign like chokma 2022
Should have arrived early and played in the practice game

— AaravMishra_18 (@KOHLI18_ERA) June 5, 2024

No worries, Virat Kohli is saving his best for the India vs Pakistan match. pic.twitter.com/Izrb1YHK4H

— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) June 5, 2024

No IPL, No party for Kohli.

King Kohli dropped the banger in first match itself 🥵🔥 pic.twitter.com/m9QY1zei9q

— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) June 5, 2024

Kohli bro what was this?? Somebody remove that intent thing from his mind pic.twitter.com/XOEagxT449

— ` (@chixxsays) June 5, 2024

- Virat Kohli for the first time ever got out in single dight score in run chase in T20 World Cup.

- Virat Kohli got out on his lowest score in T20 World Cups. pic.twitter.com/gC7mCg2CTA

— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) June 5, 2024

This is only the second time Virat Kohli has been dismissed inside powerplay in T20 World Cup.

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) June 5, 2024

 

Talking about the game, India were on 43 for 1 after 7 overs at the time of writing this report. Earlier in the game, Ireland were bowled out for just 96 runs in 16 overs after Rohit Sharma won the toss and invited them to bat first.

Allrounder Hardik Pandya starred with the bat, taking 3 wickets for 27 runs while Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah picked up 2 wickets each. For Ireland, Gareth Delany was the top-scorer, scoring 26 runs.