Sri Lanka tackle Bangladesh in a battle for survival within the ongoing ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup in Delhi on Monday, November 6. Sri Lanka are nonetheless in with an opportunity to make it via to the semi-finals whereas Bangladesh might be combating to remain within the hunt for qualification for the 2025 Champions Trophy. Sri Lanka are coming off a large 302-run loss to India and might want to choose themselves up fairly rapidly however skipper Kusal Mendis out of nowhere, was requested about Virat Kohli’s forty ninth century within the pre-match press convention and he was shocked by a weird query.
It’s not the primary time a journalist within the ongoing World Cup has give you a bizarre query as Rohit Sharma and Jos Buttler discovered themselves on the receiving finish of such query earlier within the match and it was flip of Mendis to face one. Kohli smashed a record-equalling forty ninth ODI hundred in opposition to South Africa in Kolkata on Sunday, November 5 after which the journalist thought it was right to ask Mendis about the identical.
“Virat Kohli accomplished his forty ninth ODI hundred. Would you wish to congratulate him?,” the journalist requested. To which Mendis got here up with an apt response, “Why would I congratulate him?” The video has gone viral.
The stated reporter was bashed by customers on social media for his poor line of questioning as to why would he ask a few totally different crew altogether fairly than asking him about Sri Lanka or them taking part in in Delhi given the poor air high quality.
Sri Lanka, in the event that they lose in the present day might be eradicated as properly and Bangladesh will increase their possibilities of ending within the Prime 8 to make it to the Champions Trophy 2025. Bangladesh have already been eradicated with six losses as captain Shakib Al Hasan termed it their worst-ever World Cup marketing campaign.
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