‘Virat Kohli hota toh out de deta’ – Fans troll Nitin Menon for making 4 wrong decisions against India in 3rd Test vs Australia

Published on March 1, 2023

India locked horns against Australia in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Holkar Cricket, Indore. The hosta currently leads the four-match Test series 2-0. Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first. India made two changes on their side. They brought in Shubman Gill and Umesh Yadav in place of KL Rahul and Mohammad Shami respectively.

On the other hand, the visitors were without the likes of their regular skipper Pat Cummins as he missed the third Test due to family problems, and Steve Smith will lead the team in his absence. Left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc has replaced his captain and Cameron Green has come in place of David Warner.

India bundled out at 109

Nitin Mennon had another bad outing in the first session of Day 1 of the third Test as he was not up to the mark with his decisions. He made four wrong decisions, where two came in the first and fourth ball of the Day 1 against Rohit and then one each against Ravindra Jadeja and KS Bharat. The two decisions in the first over was out and he gave it not out and then when Jadeja and Bharat were out he had given not out.

India, batting first, did not have a good outing with the bat. The team got bundled out at only 109 runs and were able to play only 33 overs. The highest scorers for team India was Virat Kohli and Gill. The former Indian skipper scored 22 runs whereas the opener scored 21 runs. Bharat scored 17 runs and the Mumbai franchise skipper after getting two chances was able to score only 17 runs. Axar Patel remaiined not out in the innings with a score of 17 runs.

For Australia, the pick of the bowlers were Matthew Kuhnemann, who was playing just his second Test of his career. He bagged a fifer and just conceded 16 runs in his spell of nine overs. In his spell, he bowled two maiden overs as well. Three wickets were grabbed by veteran off-spinner Nathan Lyon and one wicket was snapped by Todd Murphy.

Here’s how fans reacted on Nitin Mennon’s decisions:

Unreal luck Kash thoda virat ke pass bhi hota🥲
— VK18 🐐 (@ParamSh10733348) March 1, 2023

Nitin Menon bkl
— 🧉` (@vamosviratt) March 1, 2023

Payment received to nitin Menon
— VIRAT TILL DEATH (@ViratTilldeath) March 1, 2023

lodu menon kohli ko out dedetha
— Hari (@Heyhari_) March 1, 2023

Nithin Menon – a disgrace in general. He has given many poor decisions.
— rombanallaver (@rombanallaver) March 1, 2023

Bsdk Menon death threat k liye dar gaya bsdk
— Bimal Ronaldo (@RonaldoBimal) March 1, 2023

Left arm pacer lagao
Mote ki G maaro 🤣🤣🤣🤣
— Johnny Wins 🔥🎯👑 (@Dick108inch) March 1, 2023

Meanwhile India to Australia who is looking to cement it's place in WTC final with these two crucial reviews lost#IndvsAus pic.twitter.com/IVgQKBChWa
— ً (@SarcasticCowboy) March 1, 2023