Mumbai: “Anushka Sharma, you shouldn’t have distracted his mind”, “Anushka, why did you go to Australia?” were the lines that broke the internet after India’s World Cup semifinal loss to Australia in 2015. The Bollywood actress, girlfriend of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli, became the national villain. The fans accused her of causing distraction to Team India’s best player. On Tuesday, the same Indian team won a Test series in Sri Lanka after 22 years under Kohli’s captaincy. One wouldn’t believe but Anushka stole the show on social media once again.
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Having a poor sense of humour and judgement, few fans started congratulating Anushka (on Twitter) for India’s victory. Well, the woman was not even present in the island. Though one may refute stating that the fans were trying to control the damage they did earlier this year but the tone of the tweets did not emit repentance.
The curious case of Sharmas have been a staple joke among the aficionados. With Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Karn Sharma and Anushka’s omnipresence in the tours, the story that did the rounds during Duncan Fletcher’s regime was that the sweet old man often got confused between the Sharmas. A fan, once again, echoed the same sentiments.
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If we lose then Anushka Sharma & now we've won then other Sharma. That's unfair for Virak Kohli #IshantSharma #IndvSL
— Rishabh Thakur (@rishabhthakur) September 1, 2015But pulling up Anushka, for no rhyme or reason, is definitely going to cause an uproar in the B-town, considering the support she received from her colleagues during the World Cup fiasco.
India win by 117 Runs. Well played Anushka Sharma. #INDvsSL
— Abhimanyu Kulkarni (@abhi_kulkarni11) September 1, 2015But some fans did make amends.
And Congratulations to @AnushkaSharma. If Indians troll you when India is losing then they should thank you when we win. @imVkohli @BCCI
— Parikshit Shah (@imparixit) September 1, 2015Now that Captain Virat Kohli has won his first Test series as Captain, lets take a moment to applaud Anushka Sharma :D #IYKWIM #INDvsSL
— Paras Rishi (@parasrishi) September 1, 2015Why no one is congratulating @AnushkaSharma for maiden test series win of @imVkohli? Well, she is blamed every time when Kohli plays badly.
— Dipankar (@deep_anchor) September 1, 2015
