This Pak journalist behind Kohli and de Villiers' duck? Social media says so!

Photo: Zainab Abbas Instagram account

New Delhi: India skipper Virat Kohli was dismissed for a duck during India’s loss to Sri Lanka in their second game of the ICC Champions Trophy in London on Thursday. Often its Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma who gets the blame for Virat’s poor performance but this time its Pakistan’s sports journalist Zainab Abbas, who is bearing the brunt.

Twitter users believe Pakistani news presenter Zainab is the reason behind Virat’s a rare naught and they are calling her ‘selfies’ cursed. And proving their belief is the case of AB de Villiers. The South African skipper captain went for his career-first golden duck in the latest match against Pakistan, after posing for a selfie with Zainab.

Here are some of the tweets:

Two great batsmen - yesterday de Villiers, today Kohli- of the modern era have bagged ducks after a selfie with @ZAbbasOfficial. #BanHer

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) June 8, 2017

The curse of the @ZAbbasOfficial selfie strikes again...Kohli goes for a duck now..Devilliers yesterday 🤳 👸 #INDvSL #CT17

— Hemant (@hemantbuch) June 8, 2017

Please. Next selfie with Angelo Mathews. Must get this done before Pakistan vs Srilanka.

— Naveed Nadeem (@NaveedNadeem007) June 8, 2017

Starting a petition to ensure @ZAbbasOfficial stays away from all the other Indian batsmen during ICC events.

— Neel (@vanillawallah) June 8, 2017

Pakistan fans thanked Zainab Abbas and requested her to take more selfies with Sri Lankan players as Pakistan take on Sri Lanka in a do-or-die encounter on Monday.

@ZAbbasOfficial plz dear take one more salfie with sri lanka cricket team

— jattsab (@Shahzad79645408) June 10, 2017

@ZAbbasOfficial plz dear take one more salfie with sri lanka cricket team

— jattsab (@Shahzad79645408) June 10, 2017

Pakistanis Are Thanking Zainab Abbas For Their Victory Against South Africa - https://t.co/F6D9qs0dB5

thanks @ZAbbasOfficial

— Rana (@RTAluvzAfridi) June 8, 2017