Jacques Kallis trends in India after South Africa's match in Durban: Reasons Explained
Jacques Kallis scored 25,534 runs and took 577 wickets for South Africa during his international cricket journey.
Iceland Cricket is renowned in the social media domain for its witty banter and active fan engagement due to its memes-related content in the context of international cricket. They were back in the limelight this time with a compelling scenario for their followers and wanted the fans to come up with interesting responses.
It was a fairly open-ended question which prompted a triggering response from the people who interacted with the post. The post got an incredible response with most users making the case for Jaques Kallis due to the absence of South Africa from the question. The comments section was flooded with responses from people from across the globe. Despite that, Kallis' name garnered an overwhelming majority.
Fascinatingly, some users went as far as boldly asserting that the ace ex-all-rounder would make the cut for being the all-time great even if all of the teams mentioned in the tweet were included in the discussion. Notably, this question was posted by the authenticated account in the leadup to the first T20I between South Africa and India in Durban.
Later on, Iceland Cricket left the fans stumped by their follow-up post as a response to the question. Surprisingly, they mentioned the former Zimbabwe cricketer, Andy Blignaut. Their post seemed like sarcasm triggering a mixed response from the fans.
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Some felt that they were trying to undermine the contributions of Kallis while some found it witty for a response to the burning question. In fact, some fans named the likes of Kallis' teammate Gary Kirsten and the former Zimbabwe stalwart Neil Johson as well. In the aftermath, by the time the match concluded, the tweet posted by Iceland Cricket had already taken the internet by storm.
Check out Iceland Cricket's latest post here:
Meanwhile, here's how the fans reacted to Iceland Cricket's question:
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