Netizens Point Out Shashi Tharoor's Typo In Post On Virat Kohli, Congress MP Reacts

Tharoor revealed on social media that he purposefully missed his flight from Goa to attend the India-Pakistan match.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor praised Virat Kohli on Sunday for his match-winning spell in India's memorable T20 World Cup victory over Pakistan.

Tharoor revealed on social media that he purposefully missed his flight from Goa to attend the India-Pakistan match.

Tharoor took to Twitter and wrote, "After addressing a conference of Catholic universities in Goa this morning I declined the scheduled flight which would have meant missing the #indvspakmatch entirely. Even though the next flight is only at 9.55 pm I was thrilled to see one of the great matches of this tournament."

In another tweet aimed at Kohli, he wrote:  "And this man is both genius & authetic hero! Utterly awesome @imVkohli."

The internet couldn't believe Shashi Tharoor, a renowned wordsmith, could make a typo.

Many Twitter users made fun of Tharoor. One user tweeted, "Sir, please give the meaning of 'authetic' I am unable to find it." Another user tweeted, "Tharoor misspelt 'authentic'."

In the midst of the uproar over Tharoor's typo, one person came to his aid, stating that "authetic" is a word that makes sense in the context used by the Congress leader.

"Was surprised, thinking I'd spotted a typo in a @ShashiTharoor tweet," she tweeted. "But "authetic" is a real word that makes sense in this context."

Mr Tharoor, on the other hand, clarified that it was a typo.

"Thanks for coming to the rescue, @perthinent, but it was, alas, a typo!" Mr Tharoor wrote.

It goes without saying that Team India once again relied on Kohli's heroics to defeat Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Netherlands will be their next opponent on October 27.