Ben Stokes ‘Threatens’ to Delete his Twitter Account Because of Virat Kohli

Even though India were facing off against Pakistan, Ben Stokes was trending all over social media. As it turns out, whenever India takes a wicket and skipper Virat Kohli celebrates, he supposedly yells out ‘Ben Stokes’. However, the truth is far more vulgar than that, as Kohli actually utters a Hindi curse word.

Evidently, England all-rounder Ben Stokes knew that already and decided to have some fun. In a viral tweet, Stokes said that he was ‘tired of being mentioned in tweets all the time’. In all honesty, the pronunciation vastly resembles the English all-rounder’s name.

In jest, Ben Stokes admitted that ‘he may just have to delete his Twitter account after being poked for the nth time with a tweet that evokes his name every time Kohli breaks into his little display of emotions’.

Now we all know what he was referring to, and completely notwithstanding the Code of Cricket, wouldn’t a match be nothing but a flurry of arms and legs, out of which comes a ball, if it wasn’t for some passionate expletives hurled here and there?

As expected, Stokes’ tweet soon went viral on Twitter, with users flooding the cricketer with GIFs of Kohli mouthing the curse word in celebration.

This has been a long-standing joke in the cricket discourse, and has over the years resulted in some of the finest memes that we have painstakingly complied here for you. Indian actor-entertainer Jaaved Jaaferi is one of the people who has previously made this joke.

India defeated Pakistan by 89 runs after setting an initial target of 337 runs for their neighbours in Manchester on Sunday.

The 28-year-old Ben Stokes will be up against Virat Kohli in the World Cup on June 30, when hosts England will lock horns with India at Edgbaston, in what will be the 38th game of the tournament.​