In an unusual move on social media on Thursday, pig emojis trended with the names of Indian cricket stars Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli on Twitter. This mysterious trend began on Thursday when #RohitSharma trended with a pig emoji.
Rohit Sharma needs to improve his numbers while chasing 200s in T20Is. While the chase master is one step ahead.#T20Is #T20WorldCup2022 #RohitSharma? #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/UtjbI9uIKB
— SportsViz (@viz_sports) October 6, 2022
Twitter users shared different images of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and their performances in past cricket matches. It appears that the trend was initiated by Virat Kohli’s supporters, who used the trend to criticise Rohit Sharma for his poor performance in recent matches.
BREAKING NEWS- Rohit Sharma is ruled out from WT20
— UDAY?? (@udays5254) October 6, 2022
due to unavailability of vadapav in Australia. He set to take return flight today#RohitSharma?
No Virat fan will scroll down without retweeting this goated pic?#ViratKohli #RohitSharma?#INDvSA #ICCT20WorldCup2022 pic.twitter.com/nLp4i1Pg06
— Taaran☁ (@cheeksone8) October 6, 2022
Most Fifties for India in T20 World Cup
— Abdul Lateef (@Abdul_x_Virat) October 7, 2022
• Virat Kohli – 10, Innings – 19
• Rohit Sharma – 8, Innings – 30
Most ducks for India in T20 WC by active players
• Rohit Sharma – 1
• Virat Kohli – 0#ViratKohli? | #RohitSharma? | #TeamIndia
Following this trend, the supporters of Rohit Sharma weighed in with a similar trend having Virat Kohli’s name with an emoticon of a pig under a hashtag. This trend was in retaliation to the trend started by the fans of Virat Kohli.
Dream for chokli dogli#ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/WD6hD9y3Ll
— kàrán⁴⁵ (@km0988902) October 6, 2022
Rohit Sharma gonna lift this cup rt if you believe..! #ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/b59ahbNCW6
— ∆RKU 45 (@DoubleHundred4) October 6, 2022
Ball boy is better fielder than #ViratKohli? friend Siraj.#IndvsSAodi pic.twitter.com/OL6gnndnfM
— Rohitian 4Ever (@Rohitian_4Ever) October 6, 2022
As the trends have come out of the blue, there are no details available about the beginning of the trend. Some speculate that this started without reason whereas some find it relatable to the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup.
India will face Pakistan in their opening game of the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia on October 23. The tournament will begin on October 16. The players chosen for the series are Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel and Arshdeep Singh.
