A plain Instagram like from Virat Kohli on Avneet Kaur’s fan post triggered huge outrage online, showing the severe public glare he has.
India’s most trending and popular internet figure Virat Kohli made headlines recently—but not for a very positive reason.
Virat, who is playing for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru side in the IPL, made news for something as mundane as liking an Instagram post.
Avneet Kaur, a young Indian actress, was featured in the image, which was posted by one of her fan accounts. The fact that Virat “liked” that post was not overlooked.
The internet took off when it was found. People began to converse, views began to pour in from all sides, and social media trolling commenced.
The fact that this event occurred on his wife Anushka Sharma’s birthday only served to heighten the controversy.
Virat Kohli had to physically intervene and set the record straight since the commotion became that loud.
“I’d like to clarify that while clearing my feed, it appears the algorithm may have mistakenly registered an interaction,” he stated in an Instagram story.
There was absolutely no intent behind it. I request that no unnecessary assumptions be made. Thank you for your understanding.”
