India have successfully completed their campaign down-under by beating the hosts 2-1 in the Border Gavaskar Trophy which has come as a shock to former cricketers who had predicted a series whitewash for the visitors. They had made supposedly prophetic statements about India’s chances.
But, not so long ago India had lost the first test match after gaining a lead of 53 in the first innings. All thanks to a dismal batting performance by the Indian batsmen who got all-out for their lowest ever test score of 36. Everything looked going downhill for team India as skipper Virat Kohli had to leave for India due to personal reasons.
With as many as five injured players in the team, things looked anything but bright for team India. Ajinkya Rahane was named as a stand-in captain for the rest of the series. International media reported it as “A nightmare to forget for India.” Many ex-cricketers dismissed India’s chances in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Some of them even predicted a 4-0 white-wash for India in the series. To be fair, the way things stood, not many would have contested these opinions.
Former Aussie legend Rick Ponting said, “India could suffer a white-wash after the Adelaide Test result,” Mark Waugh said, “No hope in the Indian side, no chance of a comeback. 4-0 to India,” even ex-skipper Michael Clarke said, “India can celebrate for a year if they can beat Australia without Virat.” While former England skipper said, “If Australia win the first test and India lose Kohli, this could be 4-0 for Australia.”
In this digital world, nothing is forgotten, nothing is lost. Every statement, every tweet has a trace. As much as this is a boon, for some, it might prove to be disastrous. As something written in the past might come haunting you. A similar thing has happened with these ex-cricketers on Twitter.
Michael Vaughn even acknowledged this fact and tweeted, “I seem to getting a lot of tweets from #India !!!”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I seem to getting a lot of tweets from <a >#India</a> !!! 😜</p>— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) <a >January 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Here’s a look at some of the funny tweets:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yes, Michael Clarke is right -- let's celebrate for a year... starting with hammering the English from next month! <a >https://t.co/SsKswAJpMY</a></p>— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) <a >January 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is requested that you keep predicting whitewash of India in overseas test tours. Your egg on the face predictions are lucky for us.</p>— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) <a >January 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are really thankful to <a >@MichaelVaughan</a> for predicting a whitewash for India. We wish him a best of luck for future endeavors.</p>— Rakesh Aggarwal (@agg_raka) <a >January 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Say Hi to <a >@RickyPonting</a>, Mark Waugh <a >@MichaelVaughan</a> & <a >@MClarke23</a> <br><br>Now, we're going to celebrate this for a decade🕺💃<a >#AUSvIND</a> <a >#AUSvsIND</a> <a >pic.twitter.com/8vzpcuCOq6</a></p>— Gully Sports (@itsgullysports) <a >January 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How are you feeling mates??😍😍<a >@RickyPonting</a> <a >@MichaelVaughan</a> <a >pic.twitter.com/cnMO5YNc3t</a></p>— Anjaneyulu Gudapati (@anj02020) <a >January 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Any comments <a >@RickyPonting</a> ??? 😂😂<br> <a >@RishabhPant17</a> <a >pic.twitter.com/DYqs3MChgg</a></p>— Gyan Prusty (@GyanPrusty) <a >January 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
After the result of the 4th Test match between Australia and India, not many cricket pundits would like to make predictions in the future, for cricket is a funny game and anything can happen anytime.