Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli have been giving us #CoupleGoals for days. The duo has been posing for cutesy pictures with each other around London and we are not complaining. We love how they are always there for each other no matter what. While on a usual day, the internet collectively goes ‘aww’ for most of their pictures together, today has been quite different. Both Anushka and Virat have been spending their free time with each other whenever possible roaming the streets of London. Currently, there is a hectic test series between India and England going on. But they were recently invited for a meet and greet session at the Indian High Commission in London and posed for a picture while there.
Check it out.
#TeamIndia members at the High Commission of India in London. pic.twitter.com/tUhaGkSQfe
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 7, 2018
But, Twitter wasn’t having it. Cricket lovers immediately pounced on why Anushka Sharma was there in a picture that was captioned #TeamIndia. Many questioned why she was taking the centre stage while the vice-captain was pushed to the back row. They felt that Anushka was undeserving to be in a picture that represented the Indian team.
Check out some of the angry tweets that BCCI got.
Vice captain is in last row and First Lady of Indian cricket is in front row. These people giving lecture online few days back. @AnushkaSharma
— Ali MG (@aliasgarmg) August 7, 2018
Why @BCCI allows someones wife at official tour…. Please confirm Is your team mens are at work or on honeymoon
— Nishant (@NishNishantkr) August 7, 2018
Why is Anushka here lmao?
She is at the center while the vice captain is at the end lol whatta joke— Od (@odshek) August 8, 2018
and why everyone’s else wife isn’t there?
— filmy dukkan (@FilmyShetty) August 8, 2018
anushka sharma is also there in the squad so probably she will be included in the playing 11 too for the next match
— Mayank Sharma (@MSharma56483635) August 7, 2018
Is captain wife more important than vice captain? Where are other players wife’s? Don’t divide team for the sake of captain or Bollywood please
— Sanjay Tank (@SanjaySTank) August 8, 2018
No Hard feelings but I heard recently BCCI denied players from having their wives around when on tour in England. WTH is Anushka doing among Indian team?? Rules are meant for Team and captain should lead from front in every aspect. Just saying
— The Cricket Guy (@ambade_akash) August 7, 2018
Either write #TeamIndia and @AnushkaSharma or dont write anything.
— gau (@gau78196489) August 8, 2018
why is anushka sharma there? she’s not a part of team india. this isn’t acceptable
— Kate and Kate’s dirty sister (@FutbolML) August 7, 2018
Amazing. Vice captain in last row (actually not clearly in seen in the photo itself) and middle of attraction is someone else. By the way where are other players wives then.
— Shaik Dawood (@iamshaikdawood) August 7, 2018
Vice captain of the team in last row and that too face half cut…. and captain’s wife in the middle of the front row.
Grow up @BCCI or should I say @imVkohli— Karan Choksi (@KaranChoksi6) August 7, 2018
But there were some who tried to stand up for Virushka as well.
They have a life outside cricket. You have to understand that.
— Abhishek (@AbhishekKirsten) August 7, 2018
Wives are invited with the players. for high commission dinner in South Africa, wives of all the players accompanied them.
— shiwalipant (@onenonly96) August 8, 2018
is he playing like vice – captain with responsibility? No contribution to team. ANUSHKA contributes more than him as wife of captain batsman virat kohli by supporting and motivating him
— VIRAT KOHLI ?FANGIRL ? (@prakathiram) August 8, 2018
Sounds like one sticky situation. Looks like this is going be grounds of heated debate for a while now.