IND vs AFG | Twitter reacts to Delhi crowd greeting Naveen-ul-Haq with chants of home legend Virat Kohli

10/11/2023

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Few players achieve the tag of living legend while still on top of their game, let alone have a pavilion named after them. Virat Kohli is one of those rare few and it was thus unsurprising that he got backed fervently much to the cost of Naveen-ul-Haq who has an unpleasant history with the Delhite.

Afghanistan showed admirable resilience in their second World Cup fixture against India at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday to set a target of 273 for the hosts. While the crowd had a merry time amidst the consistent strokemaking of the visitors as well as the steady fall of wickets, they were by far at their loudest in the 49th over when a certain Naveen-ul-Haq walked in to bat.

The live audience immediately erupted into chants of ‘Kohli Kohli’ to intimidate the tailender. Naveen had had an altercation with the Indian veteran in the latest season of the IPL wherein the two had exchanged heated words in the middle of the pitch during an encounter between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants. The tension boiled over to the post-match handshakes as well and the two had to be separated second again while Naveen kept the feud alive with inflammatory posts on his social media account.

Twitterati, much like the Delhi crowd, was quick to get in on the action and flood social media with all sorts of reactions.

Crowd goes mad!

Massive "Kohli Kohli" chants as naveen ul haq comes out to bat in VIRAT KOHLI'S DELHI..Crowd 🔥pic.twitter.com/MNs1uWBfsk
— Abhinav (@KohliProp) October 11, 2023

Massive chants!

KOHLI , KOHLI , KOHLI 🥶 https://t.co/YVuWe2tdEx pic.twitter.com/ETzFXwzRZc
— G (@Gaurav_flick) October 11, 2023

Nervous Naveen!

Massive chants of 'Kohli, Kohli' as Naveen Ul Haq comes to bat. pic.twitter.com/mkga9BhrIE
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 11, 2023

Crowd doing it all!

Delhi crowd erupts with 'Kohli, Kohli' chants when Naveen Ul Haq was on strike. pic.twitter.com/GrkpAMSIgj
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 11, 2023

Hahaha!

Delhi Crowd at the stadium rocking it with Kohli chants 😃 The timing is brilliant 👑 🥭
— Danish Sait (@DanishSait) October 11, 2023

Huge noise!

" KOHLI "KOHLI " Chants are blessing for ears best BGM Ever #INDvsAFG #ViratKohli𓃵 pic.twitter.com/1DKd3Pjg3C
— ANSH. (@KohliPeak) October 11, 2023

King's rampage!

The "Kohli Kohli " chants in Delhi right in the front of Virat Kohli Pavillion 🥹🤌

Complete Goosebumps 🔥🔥#ViratKohli𓃵
— Shweta 🦋🦋 (@mylifemygoals13) October 11, 2023

Very well! Hahaha!

you know guys why entire stadium chants King KOHLI name 🤣😎🔥#ViratKohli𓃵 #INDvsAFG pic.twitter.com/3mBZvD2zSg
— Krishna 💙 (@SriKrishna1436) October 11, 2023

Delhi boys!

Delhi crowd erupts with 'Kohli, Kohli' chants when Naveen Ul Haq was on strike.

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— Arسlan Ranجha 🇵🇰 (@arslan_ranjha47) October 11, 2023