When you go through the ICC Test Team of the Year for 2016, you don’t find the name of Indian Test captain Virat Kohli.
Kohli has been in superb form this year, but lost out as the time frame for the awards is between 14 September 2015 to 20 September 2016. During that period, Kohli scored 451 runs at an average of 45.10 with just one hundred to his name.
Although Kohli has had a superb year in Test cricket, two out of the three double centuries he has scored in 2016 came after the deadline ended.
Most Indian fans on Twitter though weren’t aware of the same and this led to a lot of outrage.
Here is a collection of some of the tweets.
How Kane Williamson gets into the @ICC Test team for the year 2016 ahead of @imVkohli is beyond my reach. #ICCAwards
— Ranit Das (@ranitd94) December 22, 2016
No @imVkohli in test team of the year. Unbelievable. #ICCAwards
— Vidyut Ashok (@vidyutashok) December 22, 2016
As Captain:
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) December 22, 2016
Most Test wins in 2016: V Kohli
Most Test loss in 2016: A Cook
But Cook is Captain for ICC Team of the year! 😏
Virat Kohli scored 1215 runs in 2016 still not got place in ICC Test team. This is how people treat a general category student.
— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) December 22, 2016
Virat Kohli not named in the ICC team of year! Wooooowwwwwwwww
— chris rogers (@chrisrogersfan_) December 22, 2016
LOL the ICC list is *ridiculous*.
— Ahmer Naqvi (@karachikhatmal) December 22, 2016
9/12 from the Big Three, with no Kohli, no Pakistani and Steyn the only Saffer. https://t.co/CqpFzJ9EM7
@ICC So ICC test team will be lead by a captain who has lost 8 test in a year and not Kohli. What a Joke @DennisCricket_ @imjsk27 @imVjaanvi
— dhaval kaushik (@dhaval2013) December 22, 2016
@ICC NO VK even after scoring 3 double centuries? Go Home ICC. You are drunk.
— Abbas Haider (@abbas_haiderr) December 22, 2016
@ICC
— Krishna Chavan (@ChavanKc_18) December 22, 2016
Who made this team
Surprised that there is no King Kohli.
Adam voges is not in the team of Australia & how he Deserves the spot...!!!
You can fault with anyone who is going mad over the ICC stuff today. The time period is their stupidity. Normal to assume Jan to Dec 16.
— Alagappan Vijaykumar (@IndianMourinho) December 22, 2016
