‘This is Kohli's team’ – Mohammad Kaif draws the ire of fans for his remark on the Indian Test side

Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif has drawn the ire of fans after his tweet on social media post India’s victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test match at Bangalore. The Rohit Sharma-led outfit thrashed Sri Lanka by 238 runs inside three days to seal the series 2-0.

Kaif tweeted about the players in the Indian Test setup and stated that under the leadership of Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid, India have emerged as a world-beating Test side. This tweet didn’t go down well with the cricket fans as they came down hard at Kaif.

“KL, Rohit, Vihari, Kohli, Iyer, Pant, Jadeja, Ash, Bumrah, Shami and many No.11 options … Suddenly, it all looks fine. Under Rohit and Dravid, a world-beating Test unit is taking shape,” tweeted Mohammad Kaif.

Here’s the tweet:

KL, Rohit, Vihari, Kohli, Iyer, Pant, Jadeja, Ash, Bumrah, Shami and many No.11 options … Suddenly, it all looks fine. Under Rohit and Dravid, a world beating Test unit is taking shape.

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) March 15, 2022

Twitter not happy with Mohammad Kaif’s remarks

Many fans feel that Mohammad Kaif has not given credit to the work put in by previous skipper Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri in transforming India into a champion Test side.

One fan stated that the former India batter has come in with clear favouritism as the current Test side took shape only under Kohli, while another sarcastically stated that Kaif was released by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise after Kohli took over as the skipper of the side.

Yet another fan strongly stated that the world-beating side belongs to Virat Kohli as he took the team from No.7 in the Test rankings to No.1. All in all, Kaif has managed to earn the wrath of fans with his tweet. Meanwhile, the Indian players will now join their respective IPL franchises for the upcoming season that is set to start from March 26.

India’s next Test assignment in July where they will face England for the fifth Test of the series that wasn’t played during the previous tour due to COVID-19.

Here are fans’ reactions to Kaif’s tweet:

Current Test team has been made by Virat Kohli , Ravi Shastri.

From Vihari to Axar , everyone first played under Virat Kohli.

Don't come with favouritism.

— Diwakar¹⁸ (@diwakarkumar47) March 15, 2022

Just checked:
A former IND batter called **Mohammad Kaif** was released from RCB when #ViratKohli became permanent captain of #RCB

If you know you know!

— Tanmoy Chakraborty🩺⚕️ (@Tanmoycv01) March 15, 2022

Ya we saw in south africa

— wattafinish (@Sahilsahil22001) March 15, 2022

Same team was performing and winning under Kohli as well! Nothing new ! Real test would be overseas! Kohli and Shastri somehow failed to sack Pujara/Rahane over last 2-3 years despite their dismal performance! Ashwin was not used as well!

— Chirayu R. Mankad🇮🇳 (@cmankad) March 15, 2022

What the hell are you talking about,this test team is made by Kohli and Shastri,Rohit just enjoying it and also it was Sri Lanka 😒, Don't treat this like a win against australia or something.Pipe down

— Divy (@kohlission) March 15, 2022

What happened in SA ??

— timeSquare🇮🇳 (@time__square) March 15, 2022

According to Kaif "a world-beating Test unit is taking shape" and suddenly, it all looks fine.

Indian Test team before this: pic.twitter.com/rgFRB6gE4r

— ABHISHEK K (@akabhishek669_2) March 15, 2022

"suddenly, it all looks fine" 🤣🤣🤣

— A (@_shortarmjab_) March 15, 2022

World beating Test unit MIGHT be taking shape under Rohit and Dravid but the team was originally built by Kohli and Shastri!!
Give credit where it's due ffs!

— Shivani Shukla 🏏 (@iShivani_Shukla) March 15, 2022

Ghar me khana nahi milta kya bhai jo gaaliyaan khane aa jaate ho Twitter par ghatiya ghatiya opinion leke?

— Ricky talks Cricket (@CricRicky) March 15, 2022

It has already taken a great shape under King Virat And Ravi Shastri.

It is Virat Kohli's team.

No one can match to his levels.
Took from 7 to 1 in test rankings.

Let's see how it's gonna be in their so called new era.

— Saikumar (@SidSaiVirat) March 15, 2022

Tweet like this after winning against SL in home…
6 months back same team beats eng in eng… Took 10 wkts in day 5 last 50 overs…
Suddenly now this team looks like this that 🤦🤦🤦 pic.twitter.com/AqW7bHW9ak

— SN (@SRINATH1012) March 15, 2022

Bhai Kab se jeet rahe hai hum tests mai. Aur aap abhi SL ko harane ke baad kyu bol rahe hain ho A World Beating squad is taking shape 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂

— Praveen 😈😃 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 (@Ungenius_Indian) March 15, 2022

Kitta paisa mila Sir frzi ka post krne ke liye?

— Siddhant Sunil (@Siddhant1802003) March 15, 2022

Suddenly? Really? you have been a good cricketer but you really need to think about this again.What was bad with the team when Virat was leading? "World beating Test unit" has been formed by Virat and Shastri even Rohit admitted this.

— Sumit Gupta (@sumitg24_) March 15, 2022