Jimmy Neesham trolled after his joke on Virat Kohli backfires

What can be Jimmy Neesham’s alternate profession? Those scratching their heads for an answer of course don’t use Twitter that much. The New Zealand all-rounder can easily fit into the role of a social media specialist when he decides to quit cricket. When not hitting sixes or picking up prized wickets the ball, Neesham spends most of his time tweeting. Call it crazy, hilarious, out of this world, witty but his tweets do manage to grab your intention. His latest? A tweet joking about India captain Virat Kohli’s Ashes runs or the lack of it.

Ashes? Kohli? Before you start rolling your eyes, it’s better to clarify that it was Neesham’s way of praising England opener Rory Burns, who scored a patient ton on his Ashes debut on Friday at Edgbaston and Neesham had no intentions (or so we believe) to take a jibe at Virat Kohli. Then why even mention Kohli? Of Course, he is an Indian captain and has nothing to do with Ashes, which is played between England and Australia. According to Neesham, that was precisely the premise of the joke. Kohli being an Indian cannot take part in Ashes, which is played England and Australia.

“Rory Burns now has more runs in his first Ashes innings than Virat Kohli has in his entire Ashes career,” tweeted Neesham after Burns scored an unbeaten 125 on Day 2 of first Ashes Test.

Neesham’s ‘joke’ however, attracted a mixed response from netizens. While Some believed it was a witty take on the recent developments, a few did not like the fact that Kohli was unnecessarily dragged into it.

Here are some of the responses.

Neesham having banter on twitter is nothing new. Just a few days ago his witty response to a Pakistani fan inviting him to have biryani elicited quite a response on the popular microblogging site.