BCCI has announced the change in schedule for the Sri Lanka assignment at home. As per the latest schedule, Virat Kohli is all set to play his 100th Test in Mohali. In the earlier plan, Virat was supposed to play his landmark game at Bengaluru. Considering the Chinnaswamy Stadium is his adopted ground, many were excited to see Virat in action at the venue. However, now, Bengaluru will instead host the Day-Night Test in the series. In this article, we take a look at how Twitter reacted after Virat Kohli’s 100th Test gets moved from Bengaluru to Mohali.
Virat Kohli’s 100th Test to be played at Mohali
A few years ago, AB de Villiers played his 100th Test in Bengaluru. It is common to witness popular players feature in their landmark encounters at venues close to them. In line with this, Virat Kohli had to play his 100th five-day encounter in Bengaluru. As we all know, although he is based out of Delhi, VK has a huge following in Bengaluru. This is because he has been a part of the Bengaluru-based IPL outfit Royal Challengers Bangalore from the inception of the competition.
Now, Virat will not get to play his 100th game at the venue. Instead, the location for the much-awaited match will be Mohali. That said, Virat will return to Bengaluru for his 101st encounter, which will be a day-night affair.
The upcoming Test series will mark a new era in Indian cricket. There will be a new captain at the helm and the management is likely to move on from the Cheteshwar Pujara-Ajinkya Rahane duo. The squad for the series will be announced soon.
Twitter reacts to BCCI’s change of plan
Meanwhile, fans were disappointed to see the change of plans by BCCI. Virat playing his 100th game at his favourite venue would have been terrific. Now that it will not happen, here is how Twitter reacted:
🚨 NEWS 🚨: BCCI announces a change in schedule for the upcoming @Paytm Sri Lanka Tour of India. #INDvSL #TeamIndia
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— BCCI (@BCCI) February 15, 2022
Understand its because of COVID and a pink-ball test match at Chinnaswamy would be amazing too but Virat Kohli playing his 100th Test match at Bengaluru would have amazing. It is his adopted home ground #INDvsSL
— AayushKataria (@aayush11kataria) February 15, 2022
World moved around, everything fell in place finally, except that it didn't fall in place. Went through so many twists and turns only to learn that in the end BCCI wouldn't let Bengaluru host Virat's 100th test. Thinking it was never meant to be. Dream shattered! 😔 https://t.co/QjXs30WI4e
— Ricky talks Cricket (@CricRicky) February 15, 2022
Give Virat's 100th test match in Bengaluru plz 🥺😊
— Nithishkumar Basker (@NithishkumarBa6) February 15, 2022
Kohli bhai take rest from 1st match 🙏🏻 Multiple personal reasons for it.. https://t.co/uaA4tXDHpH
— Adish (@36__NotAllOut) February 15, 2022
Could have kept the first test in Bengaluru itself 🥲🥲
Kohli Bhai, first test se rest lo🤭 https://t.co/OGNqjA69as— Nikhil K J 🇮🇳 (@i_amnkj) February 15, 2022
I hope BCCI allows the public for day night test in Bengaluru, want to watch Virat in action in tests before he retires.
— ayaan. (@AyanMusk) February 15, 2022
So you guys are robbing kohli of playing his 100th test in Bengaluru ? https://t.co/iNRTb8HX96
— ಹರ್ಷ 🐼 (@grharsh) February 15, 2022
